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Your  pamphlet  has  been  brought  to  our  attention,  and  I  now  write 
^o  ask  you  whether  you  will  be  so  kind  as  to  present  a  copy  of  it  to 
ibis  library.  We  are  endeavoring  to  make  our  collection  of  publications 
on  the  present  war  and  the  conditions  which  led  up  to  it  as  complete  as 
possible,  and  for  this  reason  wish  to  add  yours  to  those  already  on  our 
shelves.  E.  H.  Anderson, 

New  York  Public  Library,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Your  presentation  of  German  national  culture,  its  virtues  and  effects, 
is  the  clearest  and  less  confused  that  has  yet  appeared,  the  fifth  edition 
proving  its  acceptability  to  the  public  mind. 

Professor  Isaac  Broome, 
139  S.  Logan  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Thank  you  for  the  twenty  copies  of  your  pamphlet.  It  contains 
more  for  its  size,  I  believe,  than  any  other  book  or  pamphlet  on  the 
present  war.     These  twenty  copies  are  doing  good  missionary  service. 

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arge  demand  for  your  effective  pamphlet.  Not  only  every  student  but 
".very  American  should  read  it. 

Professor  Hugo  Miinsterberg, 
Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

This  booklet  points  out  with  force  and  authority  the  achievements 
•f  the  Germans  in  philosophy,  science,  art,  inventions,  discoveries, 
•  nance,  commerce.  It  is  replete  with  facts,  data,  and  is  an  invaluable 
ompendium  of  German  success  and  achievement.  The  author  is  one 
f  the  most  noted  art  connoisseurs  of  today,  and  his  chapter  on  Art 
i  particularly  illuminating.  •  The  Fatherland. 

1123  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Please  send  me  a  dozen  copies  of  your  pamphlet.  It  is  a  wise 
.     k.  John  Margreth, 

273  Hudson  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

An  arsenal  of  knowledge  and  facts — the  best  thing  written  since 
le  war  started.  Chas.  Zwanzig,  Editor, 

Ottawa,  III. 

It  is  my  pleasure  to  state  that  your  pamphlet  aroused  my  interest 
)  a  rather  unusual  degree,  and  while  perhaps  to  you  the  thoughts  of 
ne  man  may  not  be  much,  I  am  under  the  impression  that  anyone  who 
^ads  this  article  cannot  refrain  from  feeling  deep  gratitude  to  you 
)r  your  so  clear  and  lucid  explanation. 

F.  Bender,  General  Manager, 
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The  writer  is  engaged  in  the  electrical  and  mechanical  line  and 
IS  learned  through  experience  that  Germany  leads  in  applied  electricity 
id  mechanics,  but  many  claim  the  contrary  without  really  knowing. 

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the  hope  that  clouds  of  ignorance  and  prejudice  may  be  dispelled  by 
the  bright  sunlight  of  truth,  and  where  they  will  enlighten  and  instruct 
in  these  days  of  misrepresentation  of  the  great  German  people. 

Miss  Emma  T.  Mann, 
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I   have   sent  away  quite   a  few  of  your   pamphlets  to  people   v 
need  just  that  kind  of  information.     I  am  sure  that  the  pamphlets 
do  lots  of  good.     As  I  have  to  speak  about  Germany  all  over  the  s 
quite  frequently,  I  shall  take  the  liberty  of  quoting  you  often. 

Professor  F.  G.  G.  Schmidt, 
University  of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Ore. 

Your    pamphlets    received    which    I    gladly    distributed    and    mailc 
today,  feeling  secure  in  the  belief  that  I  have  done  a  man's  mite  toward 
a  just  cause.  ^  W.  F.  Estep, 

Elizabeth  Typographical  Union  No.  150,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

The  pamphlets  that  were  given  me  travelled  from  house  to  house, 
and  my  friends  asked  me  where  they  could  get  copies  to  send  to  their 
friends.  I  feel  as  if  I  would  like  to  distribute  your  booklets  all  over 
America,  it  would  do  su^h  a  lot  of  good.        A.  von  Lehnhert, 

IZl  W.  Ferry  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

I  consider  your  pamphlet  especially  valuable  because  it  strikes  at  the 
real  fundamental  evil:  general  ignorance  of  Germany,  things  German 
and  German  achievements  along  all  lines. 

Professor  Conrad  Tressman, 
University  of  Washington,  Seattle,  Wash. 

You  will  be  surprised  to  learn  how,  in  this  capital  of  the  nation,  t^ 
sentiment  of  the  general  public,  as  also  the  press  is  anti-German,  bu^ 
am  inclined  to  think  that  the  moral  opinion  will  change  when  the  tr 
finally  comes  to  light. 

I  take  pleasure  in  expressing  my  admiration  for  the  splendid  man 
in  which  you  have  treated  the  subject.     This  booklet  should  reach 
hands  of  every  intelligent  American.  H.  C.  Rakemann, 

1221  12th  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C 

Many  thanks  for  your  courtesy.  It  pleases  me  intensely  to  posse, 
these  pamphlets,  so  as  to  be  able  to  share  the  pleasure  their  contei. 
give  me  with  others.  Mrs.  Edward  A.  Leicht, 

2416  Lake  View  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

I  wish  to  compliment  you  on  this  exceptional  piece  of  literature. 

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who  will  understand  and  appreciate  the  substance  of  this  very  masterful 
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FACTS   WHICH   EVERY  AMERICAN 
SHOULD   KNOW 


BY 


FRITZ    VON    FRANTZIUS 

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GERMAN   CULTURE 

ENGLISH  CULTURE 

AMERICAN   CULTURE 


FIFTH    EDITION 

ENLARGED 

(70th    THOUSAND) 
ALSO    IN     GERMAN     LANGUAGE 


PUBLISHED      BY 

THE    AUTHOR 

122  South  La  Salle  Street 

Chicago,  III. 

1916 


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German  Achievements 

Philosophy 

Science 

Art 

Inventions 

Discoveries 

Finance 

Commerce 

Administration 

Legislation 


English  Culture 


American  Culture 


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MAY  THE  CONTENTS  OF  THIS  BOOK 
LEAD  TO  A  MUTUAL  UNDERSTANDING 
OF  THE  TWO  GREAT  NATIONS:  THE 
UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA  AND 
GERMANY. 


Copyrighted,  1916 


FOREWORD 

The  purpose  of  this  booklet  is  to  enlighten  the  American 
people  on  conditions,  not  only  in  Germany,  but  also  in  the 
United  States  and  England,  and  to  acquaint  them  with 
German  ideals,  which  are  so  grossly  misunderstood  in  this 
country.  There  are  many  things  which  I  left  unsaid  for 
some  reason  or  other,  but  I  venture  to  hope  that  this  book 
will  be  read  by  all  true  Americans,  and  that  they  may  glean 
from  it  valuable  knowledge  of  facts. 

My  main  object  in  publishing  this  book  is  to  warn  the 
American  people  against  the  dangers  menacing  this  country, 
and  jeopardizing  the  existence  of  the  United  States  of 
America  as  a  free  and  independent  country. 

My  criticisms  may  sometimes  appear  severe,  but  I  trust 
they  will  be  accepted  in  the  spirit  in  which  they  are  ofifered. 
Few  people  have  courage  enough  to  come  out  in  the  open 
and  tell  the  truth,  as  their  positions  in  life  do  not  permit 
them  to  do  so.  History  shows  that  many  men  who  came 
forward  with  the  truth  had  to  suffer  martyrdom.  I  am 
ready  to  state  my  convictions  frankly  in  the  interest  of  the 
great  cause,  and  to  tell  what  others  either  would  not  say, 
or  are  debarred  from  saying. 

May  this  book  pass  from  one  American  to  another  and 
thus  contribute  to  strengthen  the  ideals  of  this  country. 

Let  us  be  a  free  and  independent 
nation     forever! 

FRITZ  VON  FRANTZIUS. 


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On  September  20th,  1914,  an  article  appeared  in  the  t^ew 
York  Times  from  the  pen  of  Brander  Matthews, 
professor  at  Columbia  University,  attacking  the  Germans 
as  exponents  of  culture.  The  public  may  be  interested  in 
hearing  also  the  other  side,  inasmuch  as  the  subject  was 
treated  by  Mr.  Matthfws  rather  superficially.  As  a  layman 
I  take  great  pleasure  in  accepting  the  challenge  of 
Professor  Matthews,  in  order  to  enlightfin  pebple  oil  con- 
ditions in  Germany.  ,    '   A   ;     ^  .^ 

In  the  first  place,  what  does  the  professor  mean  by  the 
word  "culture"?  Does  he  mean  merely  occasional 
budding  of  literature,  discoveries  or  developments? 
Then  perhaps,  in  the  opinion  of  some  people,  Tolstoi 
and  Turgenief  as  literary  geniuses,  or  Marconi  as 
an  inventor,  may  place  Russia  and  Italy  at  the  head  of  all 
culture  and  civilization.  Tolstoi  pre-eminently  is  the  pro- 
duct of  his  time,  illustrating  the  pitiful  conditions  of  the 
Russian  peasants,  and  so  on.  Very  likely  we  should  never 
have  heard  of  a  Marconi  wireless  if  Hertz,  a  German, 
some  twenty  years  ago,  had  not  discovered  the  electro- 
magnetic waves.  In  fact,  is  it  solely  invention  or  a 
few  literary  geniuses  that  places  one  nation  ahead  of  the 
other? 

The  word  "c  u  1 1  u  r  e"  embraces  a  world  of  achieve- 
ments, which  combined,  in  a  measure,  form  a  unit,  and  only 
as  such  can  be  brought  in  contrast  with  that  of  other  nations. 


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One  of  the  principal  things  is  providing  adequate  means  of 
defense  of  a  government  against  attacks  from  its  enemies, 
as  a  single  blunder  along  this  line  might  cause  the  downfall 
of  a  nation  (study  history).  High  standard  of  hygienic  and 
sanitary  conditions,  cleanliness,  scientific  manufacturing  of 
foodstuffs  and  drugs,  high  standard  of  modern  utilities, 
such  as  water  systems,  lighting,  transportation,  expedient 
telegraph  and  telephone  service,  laws  of  order  and  safety 
towards  protection  of  life  and  welfare  of  its  people  in  all 
its  branches,  as  public  thoroughfares  and  gathering  places, 
insurances,  pensions,  invalid  funds,  etc.,  high  standard  of 
schools  and  general  institutions  of  learning  in  all  arts  and 
sciences,  as  well  as  finance  and  commerce,  small  percentage 
of  illiterates,  high  'moral  standard  as  a  nation,  ethic — hon- 
orable character  (not  to,  spread  deliberate  falsehoods  in  war 
and  in  times  of  peace),  humanity,  especially  in  warfare  (not 
to  gouge  out  soldiers'  eyes)  and  the  way  of  treating  prison- 
ers; certain  dignity  as  a  nation  in  curbing  the  black  and 
yellow  races,  sufficient  pride  and  self-control  of  a  white  na- 
tion not  to  fraternize  with  the  yellow  race  against  the  white 
in  an  effort  to  annihilate  a  white  nation,  principles  of  highest 
honor,  efficiency  in  agricultural  production,  discoveries,  in- 
ventions, their  development,  up-to-date  conveniences  in 
country  and  city  life,  ways  and  means  of  keeping  down 
pauperism  (slums),  and  saving  people  from  starving,  pro- 
tection of  the  aged  and  invalids,  ability  to  compete  with 
foreign  trade,  protection  of  international  laws  as  to  patents 
and  copyrights  fno  violation  of  these),  court  of  justice  to 
give  equal  protection  to  the  poor  as  well  as  the  rich,  etc., 
comfort  in  traveling  and  living,  good  hotels  and  eating 
places  at  moderate  prices,  hygienic  and  healthy  cooking. 
These  and  many  other  things  are  but  a  part  of  the  compre- 
hensive word  "culture." 


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The  German  word  "K  u  1 1  u  r"  embraces  far  more  than 
the  word  "culture"  in  the  English  language.  There  is  a  great 
difference  between  ''civilization"  and  "Kultur."  Many 
nations  are  highly  civilized,  but  to  have  "K  u  1  t  u  r" 
means  to  possess  deep  conscience 
and  high  morale,  and  a  philosophical 
conception    of    life. 


Let  us  but  touch  upon  a  few  of  these  points  called  into 
doubt  by  Professor  Matthews. 

Professor !  As  you  have  "sat  for  more  than  forty  years 
at  the  feet  of  the  masters  of  French  literature,"  it  is  quite 
natural  that  you  should  view  Germany's  culture  through 
French  spectacles.  How  differently  you  would  feel  if  you 
had  devoted  as  much  time  to  German  culture!  Since  this 
war  began,  there  have  been  disclosures  relative  to  the 
Anglo-Belgian  military  agreement  irrefutably  proving  the 
violation  of  Belgian  neutrality  by  Great  Britain  and  France 
before  Germany  took  this  step.  And  did  not  Germany,  on 
condition  that  she  be  allowed  to  pass  freely  through  Bel- 
gium, promise  to  pay  indemnities  at  the  end  of  the  war. 
and  also  maintain  Belgium's  independence?  The  fact  is  that 
if  Belgian  neutrality  ever  existed,  it  was  broken  by 
England,  France  and  Belgium  herself  before  the  war  began. 
Belgium,  on  account  of  her  secret  agreement  with  France 
and  England,  and  by  her  sympathies  with  these  nations, 
and  by  the  fact  and  character  of  her  resistance,  really  made 
herself  one  of  the  allies.  Well-posted  historians  and  even 
English  diplomats  refer  to  Belgium's  neutrality  as  "a 
scrap  of  pape  r."  After  all,  what  is  the  real  cause 
of  this  world-war?  Is  it  not  England's  jealousy  of  Ger- 
many's supremacy?  As  Sir  Edward  Grey  said  himself: 
"Britain  refused  definitely  to  remain  neutral"  on  any  con- 


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ditions.  The  violation  of  the  neutrality  of  Belgium  had 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the  decision  of  Great  Britain 
to  join  the  war.  Sir  Edward  Grey  himself  admits  that 
categorically,  and  does  it  not  appear  that  England,  Russia 
and  France  conspired  to  destroy  Germany? 

In  regard  to  the  destruction  of  Louvain,  we  know  by  this 
time  that  the  Belgians  themselves  are  responsible  for  it,  be- 
cause the  civilians  attacked  the  German  soldiers  despite 
repeated  warnings.  By  the  way,  the  Belgian  protest  com- 
mission was  sent  to  the  United  States  for  the  purpose  of 
creating  anti-German  sentiment  here.  This  has  always 
been  England's  policy,  even  in  times  of  peace,  mainly 
through  subsidy  to  such  an  extent  that  we  really 
have  no  American  press  in  the  United 
States  to-day,  but  an  English  one 
which    is    decidedly    anti-German. 


You  further  say  that  the  Germans  dropped  bombs  into 
the  unbesieged  city  of  A  n  t  w  e  r  p.  In  the  first  place,  did 
not  the  French  try  first  to  throw  bombs  into  the  city  of 
Nuremberg,  without,  however,  causing  any  damage ? 
Secondly,  when  the  bombs  were  thrown,  Antwerp  was  in 
fact  besieged,  and  the  bombs  were  hurled  only  into  the 
fortress,  where  women  and  children  had  no  right  to  be. 
The  destruction  of  Louvain  also  has  been 
much  exaggerated,  and  the  point  is  now  settled  that  the 
Rheims  Cathedral  has  been  but  slightly  damaged  by  a  few 
shots,  for  which  the  French  themselves  are  to  be  blamed, 
using  the  steeples  as  signal  stations.  It  is  well  known  that 
Germans  in  warfare  are  more  humane  than  any  other  nation, 
the  best  proof  of  which  is  that  during  the  Franco-Prussian 
war  they  saved  Paris  from  destruction  by 
means  of  starvation,  when  otherwise  they  could  have  accom- 
plished the  fall  of  the  city  much  quicker  by  bombarding  it. 


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An  extract  from  the  Chicago  Daily  Tribune  of  Septem- 
ber 7th.  1914,  regarding  the  so-called  "German 
atrocities  in  Belgiu  m,"  as  "played  up" 
all  the  time  in  the  English  newspapers,  gives  the  following 
results  of  an  investigation  : 

"In  spirit  we  are  a  unit  in  rendering  German 
atrocities  groundless  as  far  as  we  are  able  to.  After 
spending  two  weeks  with  and  accompanying  the 
troops  for  over  100  miles,  we  are  unable  to  report  a 
single   instance   unprovoked. 

"We  are  also  unable  to  confirm  rumors  of  mis- 
treatment of  prisoners  or  of  non-combatants  with 
German  columns.  This  is  true  of  Louvain,  Brussels, 
Luneville,  and  Nantes  while  in  Prussian  hands. 

"We  visited  Chateau  Soldre,  Sambre  and  Beaumont 
without  substantiating  a  single  wanton  brutality. 
Numerous  investigated  rumors  proved  groundless. 
Everywhere  we  have  seen  the  Germans  paying  for 
purchases  and  respecting  property  rights  as  well  as 
according  civilians  every  consideration. 

''After  the  battle  of  Barse,  we  found  Belgian  women 
and  children  moving  comfortably  about.  The  day  after 
the  Germans  had  captured  the  town  of  Merbes  Cha- 
teau, we  found  one  civilian  killed,  but  were  unable  to 
confirm  the  provocation.  Refugees  with  stories  of 
atrocities  were  unable  to  render  direct  evidence,  and 
Belgians  in  the  Sambre  valley  discount  reports  of 
cruelty  in  the  surrounding  country.  The  discipline 
of  the  German  soldiers  is  excellent,  as  we  observed. 
"To  the  truth  of  this  statement  we  pledge  our  pro- 
fessional and  personal  word.*' 
(Signed)  James  O'Donnell  Bennett,  Chicago  Tribune. 

John  T.  McCutcheon,  Chicago  Tribune. 

Roger  Levds,  Associated  Press. 

Irvin  S.  Cobb,  Saturday  Evening  Post. 

Harry  Hansen,  Chicago  Daily  News. 

This    proves    conclusively    that    the    so-called    German 


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atrocities  in  Belgium  are  a  pure  invention  by  England,  and 
form  but  a  part  of  the  huge  campaign  of  lies 
that  England  has  started  in  this  country  against  Germany. 


You  state,  'The  Germans  retain  a  barbaric 
mediaeval  alphabet,  while  the  rest  of  western 
Europe  has  adopted  the  more  legible  and  more  graceful 
Roman  letters."  It  is  the  most  natural  thing  that  a  strong 
race  like  the  Germans,  who  have  retained  all  of  their  best 
character  traits  from  the  remotest  time,  should  also  retain 
their  alphabet,  which,  being  more  graceful  than  the  Roman, 
is  constantly  used  by  the  English  for  ornamental  purposes 
It  is  claimed  by  scholars  that  the  German  alphabet 
is  in  the  main  of  Gothic  origin,  improved 
upon  by  the  great  German  artist,  Albrecht  Diirer. 
Besides,  you  do  not  seem  to  understand  the  attitude  of  the 
German  party,  because  you  did  not  make  a  special  study 
of  German  literature.  By  studying  the  German  alphabet, 
you  will  find  that  it  comprises  just  as  many  letters  as  the 
English,  and  that  most  of  them  are  alike. 

Your  further  statement,  "German  literature  is  cumbrous 
and  uncouth,"  again  proves  that  not  understanding  the  atti- 
tude of  the  German  party,  you  are  unable  to  enter  into  its 
spirit.  If  you  read  German  fluently,  I  can  refer  you  to  a  list 
of  prose  writings  from  German  literature  which  you  would 
greatly  enjoy, — "poetry  in  prose"^of  which  English  liter- 
ature is  rather  deficient.  Did  you  ever  read  the  "Love 
Letters  to  Jane  Welsh"  by  Thomas 
Carlisle,  the  great  admirer  of  German  literature?  As 
such  they  are  a  severe  disappointment,  being  monotonous, 
rather  tedious  and  uninteresting.  Does  English  literature 
reveal  anything  great  and  highly  interesting  on  the  subject 


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of  love,  the  most  noble  of  all  themes,  in  comparison  with 
Heinrich  Heine?  Did  England's  most  famous  lyric  poets, 
Shelley  and  Keats,  create  anything  so  sublime  and 
beautiful? 

You  say,  "German  culture  is  a  little  lacking  in  the  social 
instinct,  the  desire  to  make  things  easy  and  pleasant  for 
others."  The  fact  that  Germany  did  not  adopt  the  Roman 
alphabet  rather  speaks  in  favor  of  its  most  ancient  and 
strong  characteristics,  namely  straightforward- 
ness and  independence  of  thought  and 
action.  The  Germans  are  not  overpolite;  they  are  too 
sincere  to  flatter.  Only  a  flexible  language  like  the  French 
can  be  used  in  diplomatic  transactions  by  various  nations 
"for  reasons  satisfactory  to  themselves."  Are  you  aware 
of  how  exaggerated  the  war  news  is  that  comes  from  Eng- 
lish, Latin  and  Slavic  sources?  The  war  reports  emanat- 
ing from  these  sources,  from  the  beginning  up  to  now,  are 
in  fact  nothing  but  a  huge  web  of  fabrications — no  wonder 
that  the  world's  history  when  written  by  English  authors, 
and  especially  English  encyclopaedias,  is  not  always  authen- 
tic. This  is  exactly  in  opposition  to  conditions  in  Germany. 
Can  you  accuse  the  German  press  of  misrepresentation?  If 
you  are  able  to  do  so,  please  come  straight  forward !  An 
English  newspaper,  the  London  Daily  News, 
assures  us  at  last,  that  Berlin  is  Lon- 
don's best  source  of  news,  and  the  Ger- 
man wireless  reports  are  trustworthy, 
while  the  English  censor  passes  only 
"infantile  prattl  e."  And  everybody  knows  that 
all  the  news  is  colored  in  the  interest  of  England  and  her 
allies. 


Speaking  of  the    fine    or    liberal    arts,    it  is 


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above  all  admitted  among  artists  that  the  importance  of  an 
artist  is  not  established  by  his  ability  to  exhibit  all  over  the 
world  for  the  purpose  of  v^^inning  prizes.  Did  you  ever  hear 
of  L  a  8  z  1  o  ,  one  of  the  greatest  living  portrait  painters 
(perhaps  the  greatest)  ?  Did  he  ever  exhibit  in  this  coun- 
try for  this  purpose?  Or  Franz  von  Stuck,  the 
greatest  living  German  artist?  Did  he  ever  exhibit  here  for 
the  same  purpose  ?  Hov^  about  the  great  B  o  e  c  k  1  i  n  ,  the 
great  M  e  n  z  e  1 ,  the  great  L  e  i  b  1  ?  Are  they  knov^n  to 
you?  How  about  Lenbach  and  the  great  genius 
Segantini,  of  whom  not  a  single  painting  exists  in  this 
country? 

At  the  International  Exhibition  of  Venice  a  few  years 
ago,  two  entire  rooms  were  devoted  to  Stuck's  exhibits, 
and  one  room  to  Anders  Zorn,  the  great  Swede.  These 
two  were  selected  from  all  the  artists  in  the  world.  Besides 
those  already  named,  there  are  a  great  many  German  artists 
of  the  present  day  and  of  the  last  fifty  years,  painters  and 
sculptors.  It  may  suflfice  to  recall  a  few  names : 
Feuerbach,  Moritz  Schwindt,  Max 
Klinger,  Begas,  Anton  von  Werner, 
Kaulbach,  Rauch,  Max  von  Koner,  Fritz  von  Uhde,  Bartels, 
Hans  Thoma,  Toni  Stadler,  Keller,  Fritz  Erler,  Liebermann, 
Heinrich  Ziigel,  Schramm-Zittau,  Hodler,  Orlik,  Hengeler, 
Hildebrandt.  Ignatius  Taschner,  Lederer,  Hahn,  Wreba, 
Gaul,  the  Worpwede  masters  and  many  others.  Are  they 
not  all  owners  of  European  medals  of  the  highest  order? 
And  do  not  all  American  artists  study 
in  Munich  as  well  as  in  Paris?  Right 
here,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  it  might  be  interesting  to  state 
that,  since  the  famous  Barbizon  school  (C  o  r  o  t, 
Millet,  Diaz,  Dupre,  etc.)  and  the  great  modern  Dutch 
painters     (Israels,    Mauve,  Maris,  etc.)  have  died  out. 


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the  mantle  has  fallen  upon  the  shoulders  of  the  American 
artists  (quite  a  compliment  to  such  a  young  nation!),  and 
in  the  present  art-movement,  the  art- 
ists of  the  United  States  of  to-day  as 
a  community  rank  perhaps  first  in  the 
world  of  art.  But  did  not  the  best  of  them  study  in 
Munich?  For  this  reason,  a  course  of  study  in  Munich  is 
highly  recommended  by  the  artists  in  the  United  States. 
It  will  be  admitted  by  those  well  informed  in  art  circles, 
that  Germany's  rank  is  second,  but  as  to  art  and  crafts- 
manship combined,  Germany  comes  first.  German  soil 
has  always  been  productive  of  origi- 
nal ideas.  It  would  be  interesting  to  study  German 
graphics,  modern  German  architecture,  nor  should  German 
posters  be  overlooked.  Study  exhibitions  and  various  art 
magazines  abroad  (excepting  the  International  Studio, 
which  is  a  strictly  English  publication,  the  principal  object 
apparently  being  to  ignore  German  art  altogether). 

Germany  harbors  the  world's  greatest  art-treasures  in 
four  galleries  of  old  masters, — the  Royal  Gallery  of 
Dresden  (containing,  comparatively  speaking,  the 
greatest  number  of  the  world's  most  popular  paintings),  the 
Kaiser  Friedrich  Museum  of  Berlin,  the 
Royal  Gallery  of  Hesse-Cassel,  the  Old 
Pinakothek  of  Munich,  compared  with  only 
one  such  institution  in  France, — the  Louvre  in  Paris, 
two  in  England, — the  National  Gallery  and 
Wallace  Collection  , — and  one  in  Russia, — the 
E  r  e  m  i  t  a  g  e  in  St.  Petersburg.  I  do  not  even  mention 
here  Germany's  galleries  of  modern  art 
like  the  National  Museum  of  Berlin,  the 
New  Pinakothek  in  Munich  and  many  others, 
while  the  Louvre  and  National  Gallery  of  London  to  a  large 


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extent  contain  also  modern  art.  England's  foremost  art 
critic,  John  Ruskin,  maintains  that  the  Ger- 
man mediaeval  "Kleinkunst"  is  the 
greatest    art    of    all    ages. 


If  the  question  is  asked,  "Who  are  the  leading  authorities 
and  critics  the  world  over?" — are  they  not  mostly  Ger- 
mans ?  For  instance  Richard  Muther,  v^hose  work  is 
represented  in  every  library  of  importance  and  in  some 
libraries  in  three  sets,  Dr.  Wm.  Bode,  whose  discovery 
and  purchase  of  the  charming  Flora  bust  in  London  was  the 
object  of  envy  on  the  part  of  the  English  (their  attacks, 
nevertheless,  do  not  prove  their  claim  that  the  bust  is  not 
the  Mona  Lisa  in  wax  by  Leonardo),  Dr.  Tschudi,  Dr.  Justi, 
Dr.  Berenson,  F.  Hirth  (the  great  authority  on  Chinese  and 
oriental  art),  Paul  Clemen,  Dr.  Berthold  Laufer,  Meier- 
Grafe,  Dr.  Valentiner,  Friedlander,  F.  Sarre,  O.  Kiimmel 
W.  Cohn,  and  a  long  list  of  others.  Great  art  prevails  in 
every  country,  and  thus  it  was  always.  According  to  latest 
theories  Egyptian  art  has  influenced  all  others.  Did  you 
ever  hear  of  the  great  Persian  artist,  Behzad, 
"the  Raphael  of  the  East?"  One  of  his 
admirers  says :  "He  was  a  master  of  harmonious  coloring 
based  on  accurate  observations,  and  of  the  most  exquisite 
refined  line — a  line  so  fine  that  the  most  skillful  of  living 
workmen  could  never  hope  to  equal  it  with  modern  tools. 
His  portraits  ("Persian  miniatures" !)  hold  their  own  with 
the  finest  of  Holbein  s."  We  are  fortunate  to  find  a 
number  of  authentic  works  by  him  in  the  great  public 
libraries. 

Did  you  ever  hear  of  Wang  Wei  or  Li  se-siin  regarding 
whom  Dr.  Berthold  Laufer  (from  Germany), 
Curator  at  the  Field  Museum  (Chicago),  the  well-known 
archaeologist  of  oriental  art,  enthusiastically  says : 


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*'Such  creations  as  those  of  Wang  Wei  and  L  i 
S  e  -  s  ii  n  no  doubt  belong  to  the  greatest  emanations  of 
art  of  all  times.  He  who  has  not  seen  the  wonderful  roll 
(''10,000  mile  picture")  attributed  to  Li  Se-siin  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mr.  Charles  L.  Freer  of  Detroit, 
does  not  know  what  art  is — in  technique  as  well  as  in 
mental  depth,  perhaps  the  greatest  paint- 
ing in  existence.  Greek  and  Italian  art  fade 
away  into  a  trifle  before  this  glorious  monument  of  a  divine 
genius  which  it  would  be  futile  to  describe  by  any  words. 
The  Chinese  handle  painting,  not  as  we  handle  painting, 
but  as  we  handle  music.  There  is  only  one  giant  in  our  art 
to  whom  Wang  Wei  and  Li  Se-siin  can  be  adequately  com- 
pared, and  that  is  Beethoven.  The  Adagio  of  the 
Fifth  Symphony  is  the  text  interpreting  the  noble  transcen- 
dental spirit  pervading  the  painted  scenery  of  Li  Se-siin, 
and  the  Pastoral  Symphony  is  the  translation  into  music  of 
the  Wang-ch'uan  scroll.  In  depth  of  thought  and  feeling 
the  great  T'ang  masters,  in  their  symphonic  compositions, 
vie  with  Beethoven,  and  in  line  and  color  almost  reach 
Mozart's  eternal  grace  and  beauty.  The  Sung  im- 
pressionists reflect  the  brief  romantic  character  pieces  of  a 
Schumann  or  Grieg,  while  many  of  the  Ming 
and  the  later  epigones  reveal  the  light  and  amiable  mind  of 
aMendelssohn  or  the  gratuitous  theatrical  effects  of  a 
Meyerbeer.  T'ang  Yin  of  the  Ming,  however,  is  a 
Carl  Maria  von  Weber,  and  Kiu  Ying  a  sort  of 
Franz  Liszt,  who  could  accomplish  everything, 
and  created  Chinese  Hungarian  Rhapsodies  in  painting. 
Chinese  pictorial  art,  I  believe,  is  painted  music  with  all 
its  shades  of  expressive  modulation.  It  is  known  so  far,  in 
its  highest  accomplishments,  to  a  few  initiated  only,  but  we 
trust  that  the  time  will    come    when    its    gospel    will    be 


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preached   everywhere,  and   when,  like   Beethoven,  it  will 
conquer  the  world." 

Speaking  of  German  musicians,  the  names  of 
Richard  Wagner  and  Richard  Strauss  are  not 
even  referred  to  above,  neither  are  Brahms,  Schu- 
bert,  and  many  others.  Did  all  other  nations 
combined  produce  such  great  com- 
posers as  Germany?  What  has  England  done? 
Virtually  she  has  produced  but  little  philosophy  of  first 
rank,  and  no  music  whatsoever. 


As  regards  the  art  of  belles  lettres,  you,  as 
a  professor  of  literature,  advance  the  statement  that 
"since  Goethe's  time  (within  the  last  eighty 
years)  up  to  the  present,  outside  of  Hauptmann 
and  Sudermann,  only  one  German  author  suc- 
ceeded in  winning  world-wide  celebrity — and  that  was 
Heinrich  Heine,  a  Hebrew."  What  a  testi- 
monium paupertatis!  Within  the  last  eighty 
years,  Germany  has  had  great  men  in  all  branches  of  lit- 
erature. There  is  no  American  who  does  not  know  the 
philosophers,  Schopenhauer  and  Nietzsche. 
Are  they  not  men  of  world-wide  celebrity?  You  mention 
only  E  u  c  k  e  n  and  H  a  e  c  k  e  1  ,  the  latter  a  naturalist. 
How  about  the  other  German  literary  men  of  this  period, — 
three  more  philosophers  —  Wilhelm  Wundt, 
Eduard  von  Hartmann  and  Ernst  von 
M  a  c  h  ;  and  then  the  poets :  Uhland,  Riickert, 
Tieck,  Biirger,  Emanuel  Geibel, 
Freiligrath,  Grillparzer,  Hebbel,  Anzen- 
gruber,  Otto  Ludwig,  Gustav  Freytag,  Paul 
Heyse,  Ernst  von  Wildenbruch,  C.  F.  Meyer,  Gottfried 
Keller,  Victor  von  Scheflfel,  Bodenstedt,  HofTmannsthal, 
Dehmel,  Detlev  von  Liliencron,  Otto  Erich  Hartleben, 
Walter  Bloem,  Gustav  Frenssen,  Ganghofer,  Ludwig  Fulda, 


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etc? — And  you,  as  a  professor  of  literature,  reproach  Ger- 
many for  a  certain  aridity  of  literary  products !  The 
products  of  Germany's  great  men  of 
the  last  eighty  years  alone  present 
"Kulturdiinger,"  of  which  no  other  country  can  boast;  and 
if  the  entire  remaining  literary  output  up  to  that  time  had 
been  lost,  these  men  would  form  a  very  formidable  group. 
You  seem  to  know  only  Hauptmann  and  Sudermann,  the 
great  Haeckel  and  Professor  Eucken.  How  about  Ger- 
many's great  geniuses,  Bismarck  and  M  o  1 1  k  e  . 
and  the  world's  most  eminent  historians,  T  h  e  o  d  o  r 
Alommsen,  Leopold  von  Ranke,  Treitsch- 
ke,  Lamprecht  and  Eduard  Meyer; 
further,  Gauss,  the  most  brilliant  mathematician  of 
modern  times  (logarithms — founder  of  the  mathematical 
theory  of  electricity,  etc.),  and  other  great  Germans,  men 
of  literary  repute  like  the  Grimm  Brothers  and  E. 
T.  A.  Hoffman?  How  about  the  famous  Fairy  Tales 
of  the  Grimm  Brothers  and  their  celebrated  dic- 
tionary, a  colossal  monument  of  erudition  and  indus- 
try? If  a  large  number  of  foreign  authors  are  popular  in 
Germany,  does  not  this  speak  in  favor  of  German  culture? 

Germans  are  posted  on  foreign  literature  as  well  as  on 
their  own.  You  say,  that  no  German  writer  attained  to  the 
international  fame  achieved  by  Cooper  and  Poe,  by  Walt 
Whitman  and  Mark  Twain.  The  fact  is  that  Walt 
Whitman  is  known  very  little  in  his  own  country ; 
he  is  better  known  in  Germany  than  in  the  United  States. 
He  has  not  even  a  place  of  honor  in  the  Hall  of  Fame, 
because  his  countrymen  lag  behind  time  in  acknowledging 
him.  Even  Edgar  Allan  Poe  has  been  denied 
this  honor  up  to  recent  date ;  owing  to  unusual  efforts 
his  name  was  placed  on  the  list  for  this  honor  to  be  con- 


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ferred  on  him  in  1915.  We  Germans  read  Mark  Twain 
after  dinner  for  digestion;  we  surely  would  not  devote  to 
him  the  sacred  hours  of  our  reading.  Yes,  and  we  also  have 
a  Mark  Twain, — W  ilhelm  Busch.  Who  possesses 
more  wit  and  satirical  skill  than  this  humorous  artist  and 
rhymster?  His  humorous  rhymes  will  be  popular  as  long 
as  there  is  a  German  living. 

How  about  Fritz  Renter?  Who  does  not  laugh 
heartily  in  reading  "Reis'  nah  Belligen"?  And  who  can 
suppress  tears  of  emotion  when  reading  *'Kein  Huesung"? 
By  the  way,  I  would  recommend  to  you  to  read  "History 
of  German  Literature"  by  your  colleague,  Calvin  Thomas, 
or  Dawson's  "Germany  and  the  Germans"  (last  edition, 
1914),  the  greatest  tribute  to  Germany  ever  paid  by  an 
Englishman. 


I  also  beg  leave  to  call  your  attention  to  the  famous 
Alexander  von  Humboldt,  whose  supreme 
master-mind  challenged  the  admiration  of  the  whole 
civilized  world.  In  the  concluding  sentences  of  his  won- 
derful "Oration  on  Humboldt,"  Robert  Ingersoll 
says  about  him  : 

"He  was  an  admirer,  a  lover,  an  adorer  of  Nature, 
and  at  the  age  of  ninety,  bowed  by  the  weight  of 
nearly  a  century,  covered  with  the  insignia  of  honor, 
loved  by  a  nation,  respected  by  a  world,  with  kings 
for  his  servants,  he  laid  his  weary  head  upon  her 
bosom — upon  the  bosom  of  the  universal  Mother — 
and  with  her  loving  arms  around  him,  sank  into  that 
Slumber  called  Death. 

"History  added  another  name  to  the  starry  scrolls 
of  the  immortals. 

"The  world  is  his  monument.  Upon  the  eternal 
granite  of  her  hills  he  inscribed  his  name,  and  there 


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upon  everlasting  stone  his  genius  wrote  this,  the  sub- 
limest  of  truth  : 

"The     Universe     is     governed     by   law!" 


American  drama  (theatre)  and  literature 
do  not  compare  with  that  of  Russia,  France,  England,  or 
Germany — Germany's  standard  being  unquestionably  the 
highest.  One  must  further  admit  that  American  life 
is  characterized  by  monotony,  and  is  merely  a 
business  life.  One  thing  that  impresses  the 
Europeans  in  this  country  is  that  the  level  of  con- 
versation   is    surprisingly    low. 


I  am  glad  that  you  at  least  acknowledge  the  supremacy 
of  German  culture  in  the  field  of  pure  and  applied  science. 
Although  Darwin  and  Pasteur  are  only  step- 
ping-stones to  the  field  of  higher  science,  you  maintain,  that 
these  are  the  two  dominating  scientific  leaders  of  the  second 
half  of  the  nineteenth  century.  There  are  Germans  by  the 
names  of  Rudolf  Virchow  (cellular  pathology, 
archaeology  and  anthropology),  Robert  Koch 
(bacteriology),  Justus  Liebig  (carbon  com- 
pounds, chloroform,  founder  of  agricultural  chemistry), 
Herman  Helmholtz  (one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished physicists  of  the  nineteenth  century,  an  authority 
in  several  departments  of  science),  Ernst  Haeckel 
(nature  philosopher  and  zoologist),  and  others  who  are 
equally  as  great  as  Darwin  and  Pasteur.  Germany  has 
produced  a  few  more  sons  of  this  class — men  of  world- 
famed  achievements.  Dr.  Theodor  Billroth  (one 
of  the  greatest  burgeons  of  modern  times).  Professor  E  m  i  1 
von  Behring  (diphtheria  serum),  Professor  Paul 
E  h  r  1  i  c  h  (salvarsan) ,  Wilhelm  Rontgen  (X-rays) , 


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and     others     who     have     accomplished     most     wonderful 
results,  and  whose  names  will  be  known  forever. 

Of  the  Nobel  prizes  that  have  been  presented, 
Germany  has  been  awarded  the  greatest  percentage,  far 
out-numbering  all  other  nations. 


You  are  led  into  error  when  you  say,  that  "it  is  in  chem- 
istry that  the  Germans  have  been  pioneers ;  yet  the  greatest 
of  modern  chemists  is  M  e  n  d  e  1  e  f  f "'  (1834-1907).  His 
greatest  achievement,  dating  back  as  far  as  1869,  was  the 
"Elements  of  Chemistry."  Although  this  makes  him  a 
pioneer  to  a  certain  extent,  his  name  is  unknown  to  the 
masses,  and  his  achievements  are  not  at  all  comparable 
with  those  of  a  number  of  the  best-known  German  chemists 
of  his  time, — J  ustus  Liebig  (chemistry  applied 
to  agriculture  and  physiology),  Robert  Bunsen, 
the  greatest  teacher  in  chemistry  (burner  and  aluminum), 
Gustav  Kirchhoff  (who  jointly  with  Bunsen  dis- 
covered the  spectrum  analysis),  Friedrich  Woehler 
(discovered  aluminum  together  with  Bunsen),  Fried- 
rich  Mitscherlich  (isomorphism),  Adolf 
B  a  e  y  e  r  (synthesis  of  indigo),  Julius  Pintsch, 
A  u  e  r  and  Walter  Nernst  (incandescent  lamps) , 
Emil  Fischer.  Johannes  Wislicenus,  and 
the  great  Professor  Wilhelm  Ostwald.  How 
about  the  wonderful  achievements  in  the  Merck  labo- 
ratories and  in  the  German  dye-stuffs  (many 
of  the  latter  being  held  secret)  ?  The  B  a  d  i  s  c  h  e  in 
Ludwigshafen,  the  E  1  b  e  r  f  e  1  d  and  the  H  o  e  c  h  s  t 
Farbenfabriken  and  numerous  other  illustrious 
strongholds  of  scientific  and  applied  chemistry, — it  has 
proved  utterly  futile  to  imitate  their  products  in  other 
countries.  Are  not  German  chemists  recognized  all  over 
the  world  and  the  first  in  demand?    German  attainments  in 


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pure  and  applied  chemistry  are  so  general  and  thorough, 
that  further  details  are  superfluous. 


How  unprepared  you  are  when  you  venture  to  assert 
that  "although  not  a  few  valuable  discoveries  are  to  be 
credited  to  the  Germans,  perhaps  almost  as  many  as  to 
either  the  French  or  the  British,  the  German  contribution 
in  the  field  of  invention  in  the  practical  application  of 
scientific  discovery  has  been  less  than  that  of  the  United 
States,"  and  when  you  further  say  that  "the  Germans 
contributed  little  or  nothing  to  the  development  of  the 
railroad,  the  steamboat,  the  automobile,  the  aeroplane, 
telegraph,  telephone,  phonograph,  photograph,  moving 
pictures,  electric  light,  sewing  machine,  reaper  and 
binder,  even  those  dread  instruments  of  war,  the  revolver 
and  the  machine  gun,  the  turreted  ship,  the  torpedo  and  the 
submarine,  are  not  due  to  the  military  ardor  of  the  Germans, 
and  that  they  are  lacking  in  the  inventiveness  which  is  so 
marked  a  feature  of  all  modern  civilization." 

Now,  in  answer  to  your  above  statement,  there  is  little 
left  for  the  development  of  railroads,  and 
whatever  has  been  done  in  this  direction,  Germany  has 
done  its  share.  A  well-informed  man  like  J.  J.  Hill 
knew  what  the  Germans  have  accomplished  toward 
developing  American  railroads;  and  did  not  the  Germans 
contribute  toward  the  block-signal  system? 
Allow  me  to  recall  to  you  the  Pintsch  gaslight- 
ing  system.  Who  built  the  greatest  bridges  and 
tunnels  in  all  parts  of  the  world?  Was  it  not  usually  Ger- 
man skill?  The  great  success  in  building  the  New  York 
subway  is  in  the  main  due  to  the  cleverness  of  German 
engineers.  A  German  invented  the  modern  wheel  box  for 
railroads. 


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It  seems  that  you  are  trying  hard  to  deny  Germany's  pro- 
ductiveness in  the  field  of  invention.  It  is  a  well- 
known  fact  that  many  of  the  greatest 
inventions  originated  in  Germany.  In- 
deed, the  greatest  inventor  the  world 
has  ever  seen,  was  a  German.  Perhaps  you 
have  in  mind  numerous  inventions  from  all  over  the  world 
which  are  unimportant  to  mention,  as  you  seem  to  be  im- 
pressed by  those  in  your  immediate  surroundings,  not 
thinking  of  those  in  the  country  which  you  omitted  to 
study  closely. 

Did  you  ever  hear  of  the  great  German  in- 
ventor, Werner  von  Siemens?  He  is  a 
far  greater  and  more  productive  genius 
than  Thomas  Edison!  It  was  Siemens  who 
gave  to  the  world  the  modern  dynamo-electric 
machine  upon  which,  more  than  anything  else,  the 
great  success  of  electric  lighting  and  almost  all  the  modern 
appliances  of  electricity  depend.  In  other  words,  he 
made  the  electric  light  possible!  Electro- 
plating is  also  due  to  him.  He  built  in  1879  the  first 
electric  street-car,  which  he  exhibited  in  the 
same  year  at  the  Berlin  Exposition,  and  he  was  the  first  to 
operate  a  180-volt  third-rail  line  at  the  same  Expo- 
sition (a  year  later  Edison  used  a  third-rail  for  his  Menlo 
Park  locomotives).  His  firm,  the  Siemens  and 
Halske  Co.,  of  Berlin,  the  greatest  electrical 
engineers  of  Europe,  is  the  largest  deep-sea  cable-manu- 
facturer in  the  world.  Siemens  laid  six  trans-Atlantic 
cables  and  discovered  the  method  of  locating  the  break  of 
a  cable  in  the  ocean.  He  also  invented  the  glass  insulators 
used  on  telegraph  poles.  His  researches  in  electricity  re- 
sulted in   endless   discoveries   and   improvements  of  great 


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value,  especially  affecting  telegraph  and  cable,  street-cars, 
illumination,  etc.  It  was  Gauss  again,  who  together  with 
W  e  b  e  r ,  as  inventor,  established  the  first  telegraphic 
connection  (18v33).  Then  Morse  succeeded  in  invent- 
ing the  system  of  signalling  the  alphabet,  and  it  was  Sie- 
mens who,  through  the  system  of  electricity,  translated 
telegraphy  into  type  by  inventing  that  wonderful  stock- 
ticker  machine.  Did  you  ever  hear  of  the  Sie- 
mens glass  furnace,  the  development  of  which 
made  the  open-hearth  furnace  possible?  Werner 
von  Siemens'  brother,  Friedrich  (Dresden),  invented  it. 

The  greatest  authority  on  electricity  in  the  United 
States  is  a  German,  Dr.  Charles  P.  Stein  metz, 
general  manager  of  the  General  Electric  Co. 

To  Otto  von  Guericke,  Burgomaster  of  Mag- 
deburg, is  due  the  first  air-pump;  about  1675  he 
invented  the  first  electric  machine.  He  was  the  first  man 
who  produced  light  from  electricity.  It  was  Johann  Fried- 
rich  Boettger,a  German,  who  first  produced  por- 
celain in  Europe  in  1708. 


How  about  the  automobile  and  the  aero- 
plane ?  The  invention  on  the  part  of  a  German,  Daim- 
ler, of  the  modern  gas-engine,  the  patent  of  which  he 
leased  to  a  Frenchman,  led  to  the  invention  of  the  automo- 
bile ;  and  Daimler  was  the  first  to  use  it  in  running  a  mo- 
torcycle. For  this  reason  the  Selden  patent  was  annulled 
in  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court  two  years  ago.  It  is  to 
Diesel  and  Gottlieb  Daimler  that  we  owe 
the  automobiles,  aeroplanes  and  motor  boats.  Who  does 
not  know  of  the  famous  Diesel-engine,  the  triumph 
of  modern  technique,  which  caused  such  a  great  revolution 


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on  account  of  its  condensed  space  and  economical  use  of 
raw-fuel  oil?  And  are  not  the  German  automobiles 
''Mercedes"  and  "Benz"  the  most  highly  prized  automo- 
biles in  the  American  market?  Do  these  machines  not 
take  the  world's  prizes  everywhere?  Who  wins  the  world's 
prizes  to-day  in  aeroplanes?  Are  not  the  German  machines 
in  the  lead  as  to  height  and  endurance?  The  fact  that  the 
Germans  have  attained  the  highest  development  in  air- 
ships will  not  be  questioned  at  present  by  anybody.  It  is 
proved  by  the  dififerent  types  of  German  machines.  There 
is  the  great  Zeppelin  , — the  envy  of  all  nations ;  there 
are  three  more  dirigible  s, — the  Parsifal  type,  the 
Schuette-Lanz,  the  so-called  Militarschiff 
(a  secret) ,  and  the  aeroplanes  , — the  Albatross, 
Falke,  Rumpler-Taube,  Mercedes, 
F  o  k  k  e  r  ,    and  others. 

It  was  a  German,  L  i  1  i  e  n  t  h  a  1  by  name,  who  some 
twenty  years  ago  lost  his  life  in  the  first  successful  flight  of 
an  aeroplane.  Chanute,  a  Chicagoan,  took  up  and 
continued  Lilienthal's  studies.  The  success  of  the 
Wright  Brothers  is  mainly  due  to  the  higher 
motor  development  by  the  automobile  industry. 


As  to  the  development  of  the  steamboat,  have  not 
the  Germans  their  share  in  it?  Here  again,  Siemens  made 
inventions  which  are  in  use  to-day.  It  was  the  great  Diesel 
engine,  driven  by  oil  fuel,  which  started  such  a  revolution 
in  power  of  machinery,  including  battleships  and  airships. 
Diesel  was  a  German.  Has  not  the  German  nation 
the  most  perfect  and  most  up-to-date  commercial  fleet? 
And  are  not  the  "Imperator"  (52000  gross  tons)  and  "Vater- 
land  "(58000  gross  tons)  the  acme  of  perfection  in  the 
development  of  the  steamboat? 

As   to    the    telephone,    it   is   certainly    the   invention   of 


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Philip  Reis,  a  German  schoolmaster.  The  Bell 
telephone  is  nothing  but  an  improvement  on  the  Reis 
instrument  (perhaps  even  an  infringement),  which  can 
easily  be  proved  by  the  proceedings  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme 
Court  in  the  Bell  law-case.  The  Court  came  near  annulling 
the  Bell  patent. 

German  wireless  systems  are  the  most 
perfect  in  the  world.  Due  to  Goldschmidt's  efforts  wire- 
less messages  can  be  transmitted  over  6000  miles,  thus 
greatly  surpassing  the  Marconi  system.  The  Germans 
also  have  the  most  powerful  stations.  The  S  a  y  v  i  1  1  e 
plant  on  Long  Island,  a  German  Telefunken 
system,    is  the  most  powerful  in  the  United  States. 

In  regard  to  the  camera  and  the  moving  pic- 
ture s  ,  it  is  a  well-known  fact  that  the  success  of  the 
modern  kodak  is  due  to  the  Jena  glass,  an  invention 
by  two  German  professors.  The  Zeiss  and  Goertz 
lenses  rank  as  the  best  in  the  world. 
Every  first-class  physical  laboratory  in  the  United  States 
or  in  the  world  at  large  is  fitted  up  with  German 
microscopes,  microtomes,  etc. ;  and  in  the 
largest  and  most  delicate  lenses  required  by  the  astro- 
nomical observatories,  the  Germans  have  al- 
most a  monopoly.  Almost  all  high-grade  instruments  and 
all  optical  equipments,  as  Barytha  coated  paper,  and  all 
chemicals  used  in  photography,  are  also  "made  in  Ger- 
many." They  are  all  made  at  least  from  German  formulas. 
This  also  applies  to  the  best  field  glasses  (binoculars), 
telescopes  and  periscopes,  and  covers  the  field  of  moving 
pictures.  About  75%  of  surgical  instruments 
are  of  German  manufacture,  and  is  not  the  German  work- 
ingman  the  most  conscientious  and  skillful? 


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The  pulmotor,  a  resuscitating  machine,  is  one  of 
the  latest  German  inventions. 

As  to  the  inventions  in  lighting  system,  it  may  sur- 
prise you  to  hear  that  the  Germans  take  the  very  first  place. 
The  so-called  incandescent  Edison  lamp  is 
practically  a  German  invention,  made  by  one 
of  his  assistants  v^ho  came  to  this  country  from  Germany. 
In  the  economic  development  of  illuminating  gas- 
burners,  the  names  of  Auer  von  Welsbach,  Bunsen  and 
Pintsch,  rank  first  in  science  and  in  trade.  Bunsen  was  the 
first  to  make  artificial  carbon  for  arc-lamps  (1838- 
1840),  and,  again,  it  was  Werner  von  Siemens 
who  developed  the  carbon  for  arc-lamps  with  best 
results,  especially  with  regard  to  fixity  of  light,  but  the 
composition  and  mode  of  manufacture  are  kept  secret.  It 
may  surprise  you  to  hear  also  that  the  so-called  tungs- 
ten lamp  is  a  German  invention,  likewise  the  N  e  r  n  s  t 
incandescent  lamp.  Have  you  seen  the  new  ni- 
trogen lamp,  which  outshines  the  wonderful  tungs- 
ten lamp?    This  also  is  a  German  invention. 


Inventions  in  the  art  of  printing  from  Guten- 
berg's time  show  the  most  important  contributions 
from  Germans,  including  the  invention  of  the  modern 
cylinder-press  by  K  o  e  n  i  g  ,  a  German  immigrant,  also 
Ottomar  Mergenthaler.  another  German  immi- 
grant, who  invented  and  developed  it,  thanks  to  his  inge- 
nuity. Did  you  ever  hear  of  the  Mergenthaler 
linotype,  the  wonder  of  the  age,  which  is  to  be  found 
in  every  up-to-date  printing  establishment? 

The  reaper  and  binder  is  an  American  inven- 
tion, that  of  a  Scotchman,  but  Germany  abounds  in  agri- 


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cultural  implements  of  many  devices,  all  invented  in  the 
Fatherland.  Did  you  ever  hear  of  an  e  1  e  c  t  r  i  c  p  1  o  w  in 
this  country?  It  is  a  great  labor-saving  device,  and  has 
been  in  use  in  Germany  for  the  last  fifteen  years. 


You  seem  to  be  ignorant  of  the  famous  Mauser 
rifle,  nov^  in  use  in  the  German  army,  and  the  M  a  n  n  - 
1  i  c  h  e  r  gun  , — both  German  inventions.  The  re- 
volver, as  everybody  knows,  is  an  American  invention, 
but  the  Mauser  revolver,  a  conception  of  the 
Germans,  hitting  its  mark  at  the  distance  of  a  mile,  is  the 
most  pov^erful  of  them  all.  Did  not  the  Germans  surprise 
the  whole  world  with  their  powerful  30  cm.- 
howitzers  ?  And,  last,  but  not  least,  their  1  6  >4 
inch  guns,  the  biggest  weapons  of  the 
war,  ''one  shell  to  each  fort," — K  rupp's  great 
secret    gun! 

Do  not  the  Germans  build  their  own  turreted  ships  of 
greatest  power  and  of    most    modern    design? 

This  also  applies  to  the  torpedoes  and  sub- 
marines. Siemens  was  the  first  to  explode  a  subma- 
rine mine  by  electricity.  Nobody  will  deny  that  the  Ger- 
mans have  very  powerful  torpedoes.  As  to  the  subma- 
rine, are  not  the  Germans  the  first 
who  made  practical  use  of  the  same 
in  transforming  them  into  one  of  the 
most  powerful  weapons  in  the  present 
war?  And  did  they  not  surprise  the  English  navy  by 
blowing  up  one  battleship  after  another  and  forcing  the 
enemies'  battleships  to  remain  in  port.''  And  are  not  Ger- 
man submarines  the  terror  of  the  sea,  causing  enormous 
losses   to  the  enemy?     Has   not   Germany   proved 


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her    superiority    over    all    nations    in 
the    scientific-technical    field? 

It  is  generally  known  that  the  Germans  have  a  great 
many  valuable  inventions  to  be  reserved  for  warfare,  the 
secret  of  which  is  kept  well-guarded. 


Facts  are  apt  to  prove  the  superiority  of  one  nation 
over  another,  but  erroneous  statements  have  no  convinc- 
ing force.  The  very  attack  of  Germany  on  the  part  of  so 
many  nations  is  sufficient  proof  of  her  superiority. 

The  fact  remains  that  the  Germans  are  too 
modest  in  speaking  of  their  merits  and  achievements, 
and  this  may  have  stimulated  your  onslaughts  against 
them. 

The  fact  that  you  take  sides  with  Germany's  present 
enemies  certainly  does  not  prove  their  superiority  in  cul- 
ture. Your  unjust  attacks  invite  criticism,  and  the 
reason  why  you  do  not  understand 
Germany  is  that  you  do  not  know  it. 
This  is  also  the  case  with  a  certain  class  of  German- 
Americans  who  have  never  visited  Germany. 


In  regard  to  your  remark,  "that  within  the  last  few  weeks 
we  have  been  forced  to  gaze  at  certain  of  the  less  pleasant 
aspects  of  the  German  character,"  do  you  not  know  that  the 
reports  reaching  this  country  are  exaggerated 
and  falsified  in  a  shameful  manner, 
on  account  of  the  German  cables  having  been  cut  by  the 
English,  and  the  American  press  being  controlled  by  Great 
Britain?  American  newspaper  correspondents  in  Germany, 
among  whom  are  James  O'Donnell  Bennett  of  Chicago 
Tribune,  Oswald  F.  Schuette  and  Raymond  E.  Swing  of  the 


THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 33 

Chicago  Daily  News,  Karl  H.  von  Wiegand  of  the  New 
York  World  and  C.  H.  Ackerman  of  the  United  Press,  etc., 
have  united  in  an  appeal  to  Ambassador  Gerard  to  urge  the 
American  government  to  take  steps  to  secure  the  trans- 
mission of  legitimate  cable  news  without  interference  by 
the  British  censorship. 

The  correspondents  have  drawn  up  a  declaration  charg- 
ing that  dispatches  on  political  and  military  events  are 
being  suppressed,  mutilated,  or  delayed  by  the  London 
censors.  They  declare  they  are  unable  to  present  to  the 
American  public  true  and  fair  statements  of  the  most  im- 
portant events  of  the  war. 

Right  here  it  is  interesting  to  see  what  the  New  York 
Herald  had  to  say  about  the  battle  of  Sedan, 
which,  as  known  to  everybody,  was  fought  on  September  1. 
1870.  The  following  morning,  Napoleon  and  his  large  army 
of  about  170.000  capitulated  and  surrendered  to  the  Prus- 
sians.    Literally  we  find  there  the  following: 

NEW  YORK  HERALD,  SEPT.  2,  1870. 

THE  WAR 
THE  PRUSSIAN  CENTER  AND  LEFT  WING  SAID 
TO  BE  TOTALLY  DEFEATED.  "NUMEROUS 
LOSSES"  BY  THE  GERMANS  SPOKEN  OF. 
PARIS  REPORTS  THREE  DAYS  FIGHTING.  AL- 
LEGED CAPTURE  OF  THIRTY  GUNS  BY  THE 
FRENCH.  PRUSSIAN  SOLDIERS  DRIVEN  INTO 
LUXEMBOURG  AND  DISARMED.  SPECIAL 
TELEGRAPH  LETTERS  FROM  PARIS.  THE 
PARISIANS  UNDISMAYED,  CONFIDENT  AND 
AMUSED. 


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NEW  YORK  HERALD,  SEPT.  3,  1870. 

THE  GREAT  BATTLE  ON  THE  MEUSE  RENEWED 
YESTERDAY.  THE  PRUSSIANS  REPORTED 
DRIVEN  TOWARDS  CARIGNAN.  THE  RIVER 
MEUSE  FILLED  WITH  THE  DEAD. 

"Yesterday  was  spent  in  burying  the  dead,  but  this 
"morning  the  French  unexpectedly  assumed  the  offen- 
"sive  in  force  at  daybreak,  and  have  been  driving  the 
"Prussians  all  day.  The  Prussians  are  retreating 
"toward  Carignan,  and  the  battle  is  raging  most  fiercely 
"at  Dowsy.  Private  telegrams  from  Brussels  this  even- 
"ing  say  there  is  no  official  news,  but  correspondents 
"near  the  frontier  telegraph  that  the  French  have  driven 
"a  considerable  force  of  Prussians  in  great  disorder 
"across  the  Belgian  frontier,  where  they  were  im- 
"mediately  disarmed." 

And  from  such  reports,  "history  of  the  Great  War"  is 
written  in  this  country  by  so-called  historians. 

According  to  the  English  reports,  and  the  American 
newspapers  which  are  almost  entirely  controlled  by  Eng- 
land, Germany  has  been  defeated  almost  every  day,  while 
the  facts  are  that  Germany  has  been  vic- 
torious in  almost  every  battle  up  to 
the  present  time,  and  compared  with  the  other  nations  her 
losses  of  men  have  been  small.  Is  it  not  a  striking  feature 
that  Germany  has  a  firm  grip  on  all  of  her  military 
movements? 


As  to  the  German  language,  I  take  pleasure 
in  quoting  herewith  extracts  from  an  article  by  the  eminent 
and  fearless  Houston  Stewart    Chamberlain, 


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a  man  of  great  learning,  who  thoroughly  understands  at 
least  six  languages  of  Europe,  and  is  in  a  position  to  judge 
the  merits  of  each  one.  I  regret  space  does  not  permit  me 
to  quote  it  in  full : 

"I  also  possess  some  idea  of  the  structure  and  vigor  of 
the  ancient  languages,  can  read  Italian,  and  owe  lasting 
impressions  to  the  study  of  Spanish  and  Serbo-Croatian. 
Basing  my  conclusions  upon  this  knowledge  and  that 
gleaned  from  the  results  of  comparative  philology,  I  main- 
tain that,  among  the  modern  languages,  the  German  is 
unquestionably  unique  in  dignity  and  richness  which  pre- 
cludes all  comparison. 

He  further  states  that  "among  the  languages  of  Europe 
the  German  is  the  only  really  living  lan- 
guage. Upon  this  fact  everything  else  is  based.  For, 
as  Fichte  remarks,  'Betw^een  life  and  death  there  can 
be  no  comparison,  and  the  former  has  a  value  infinitely 
superior  to  that  of  the  latter;  therefore  all  direct  compari- 
sons between  the  German  and  the  Romance  languages  are 
altogether  idle,  and  necessitate  the  discussion  of  things  not 
worth    discussion.' 

"The  catastrophe  which  has  debarred  all  those  languages 
— the  English  not  excepted — from  life,  originated  in  the 
fact  that  they  are  constructed  upon  foreign  roots,  that  is, 
of  dead  material.  For  that  reason  they  were,  from  the 
very  beginning,  artificial  and  not  natural-born  languages. 
Those  nations,  says  Fichte,  and  justly  so,  'have  no 
mother  tongue,  strictly  speaking,'  a  fact  which  Richard 
Wagner  expresses  in  the  telling  line:  'Their  language 
speaks  for  them,  but  they  themselves  do  not  speak  in  their 
own   language.' 

"The  Latin  language  of  the  classic  age,  as  soon  as  it 
aspired  to  anything  above  the  common-place,  no  longer 
possessed  any  living  relation  to  the  language  of  the  people. 
Instead  it  had  become  an  artificial  language,  incom- 
prehensible to  the  people,  'in  its  own  country,  half  dead.' 
Hence  it  follows  that  the  modern  languages  of  western 
Europe  are  based  upon  a  double  set  of  dead  roots.  In 
addition  to  the  German,  the  Scandinavian  languages  are 
the  only  ones  which  have  remained  pure. 

"The  German  language  'lives,'  and  because 
it  lives  it  is  qualified  to  serve  as  a  receptacle  for  divine 
contents. 

"Whoever    follows    the    French,    say    from    Rabelais   and 
Montaigne    on   to   Voltaire,   will   become   conscious   of  an   _ 
ever-increasing  impoverishment  of  vocabulary,   as  well  as 


36 THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 

of  forms  of  expression.  If  Montaigne  were  to  come  to  life 
to-day,  he  would  have  to  keep  silent — or  learn  German. 

"It  is  of  importance  to  note  that  the  rudiments  of  the 
German  language  may  be  traced  back  to  primitive  times. 
Upon  this  fact  depends  that  vitality  of  the  word-roots.  No 
other  modern  language,  at  least  no  other  civilized  language, 
furnishes  us  with  anything  similar. 

"In  the  French  language  there  is  far  less  vigor  than  in 
the  English  language,  which  alone  possesses  the  qualities 
which  render  it  capable  of  becoming  a  serious  rival  of  the 
German. 

"English  natural  science  is  a  perfectly  unintelligible  abra- 
cadabra to  even  the  educated  man,  since  it  is  made  up 
entirely  of  barbaric  Greek  and  Latin  fragments,  inter- 
spersed with  still  more  unintelligible,  as  well  as  unpro- 
nouncable,  German  technical  terms;  that  is  to  say,  it  is 
technics  rather  than  an  element  of  culture. 

"To  take  another  example,  the  English  theologian,  who 
is  not  master  of  the  German  language,  has  little  idea  of 
the  real   questions  under   discussion  to-day. 

"It  is  for  this  reason  that  not  a  trace  of  real  culture  pene- 
trates to  the  mass  of  the  English  people;  the  language  in 
which  this  would  be  possible  does  not  exist.  A  comparison 
between  the  German  and  English  languages  verifies  what 
F  i  c  h  t  e  says,  'In  the  case  of  the  living  language  mental 
culture  affects  and  becomes  a  part  of  the  life  of  the  people. 
In  the  opposite  case  mental  culture  and  life  go  their  own 
way,  independent  of  each  other.' 

"Hence,  the  urgent  necessity  for  the  German,  not  the 
English,  to  become  the  universal  language.  Should  the 
English  language  prevail,  the  culture  of  mankind  will  find 
itself  before  a  closed  door — that  means  death.  Since  the 
beginning  of  this  war  the  moral  decay  of  England  has  re- 
vealed itself  in  a  startling  degree.  Lying,  boasting  bru- 
tality, violence,  with  a  lack  of  decorum,  dignity,  sense  of 
justice  and  manliness.  It  is  a  sorry  spectacle!  And  if  ever 
the  enormous  colonial  empire  and  the  other  English-speak- 
ing countries  are  placed  in  a  similar  position,  and  likewise 
lay  bare,  heart  and  soul,  we  shall  perceive  with  horror  what 
a  degeneration  we  are  coming  to,  the  final  degeneration  of 
the  whole  human  race.  For  this  reason  the  German,  and 
with  him  the  German  language,  must  conquer.  When 
once  he  has  gained  the  victory — be  it  to-day  or  a  hundred 
years  from  to-day,  the  must  remains  the  same — he  will 
face  no  other  problem  so  important  as  this:  that  of  impos- 
ing the  German  language  upon  the  whole  world. 

"Everywhere,  even  in  foreign  races,  there  are  among 
hundreds  of  thousands,  here  and  there,  highly  gifted  and 
high-minded   individuals;   without  a  knowledge   of 


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the  German  language  the  door  of  the  high- 
est culture  is  closed  to  them. 

"Why  did  the  Reformation  not  succeed  in  England  or 
in  Poland  or  in  France?  Because  the  German  language 
was  the  only  one  possessing  the  vigor  necessary  to  triumph 
over  the  alien.  It  was  through  Luther  chiefly  that  we 
all  became  truly  German.  Let  no  German  abroad  commit 
the  crime  of  abandoning  his  language.  Let  him  learn  to 
understand  that  in  so  doing  he  becomes  guilty  of  base  in- 
famy. Let  the  businessman  take  the  lead  and  demand  the 
German  language  of  his  correspondents  just  as  the  Eng- 
lishman and  the  American  have  always  done  with  their 
language. 

"In  the  meantime,  by  means  of  schools  and  in  every  pos- 
sible way,  no  effort  must  be  spared  to  make  the  German 
language  the  language  of  all  higher  culture.  People 
must  learn  to  see  that  he  who  does  not 
speak   German  is  a   Pariah. 

"Foreign  nations  will  learn  German  from  different  mo- 
tives :  envy,  interest,  duty,  ambitio  n — rro 
matter  what  the  motive  may  be,  however,  for  with 
the  German  language  each  one  will  ac- 
quire such  a  priceless  blessing  that  we 
need  have  no  scruples  on  that  score.  I  be- 
lieve in  the  sacred  German  language  as  I 
believe    in    God!" 


You  do  not  seem  to  understand  Germany's  position,  as 
you  call  her  "without  a  friend."  This  rather  proves  to  the 
eyes  of  the  world  her  important  position  for  which  she  is 
envied  by  all  her  present  enemies;  otherwise  so  many  na- 
tions would  not  simultaneously  attack  a  country  that  is  so 
insignificant,  as  you  try  to  make  Germany  appear.  Your 
inability  and  unwillingness  to  un- 
derstand the  attitude  of  the  Germans  must 
be  due  to  your  lack  of  study  of  German 
culture. 


History  teaches  us  that  one  of  the  most  successful  ways 
in  which  to  reach  a  really  high  state  of  culture  and  its 
gradual   advancement    is   by   militarism,   in  the   true 


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sense  of  the  word;  it  is  the  school  of  order,  method  and 
discipline,  which  are  the  fundamental  principles  of  a  sound 
and  powerful  state. 


You  accuse  Germany  of  being  undiplomatic.  Diplomacy 
itself  reveals  weakness.  Germany  does  not  need  to  resort 
to  diplomacy  on  account  of  her  independent  strength. 
Whenever  necessary,  was  not  her  diplomacy  suc- 
cessful? 

Germany  is  the  United  States'  truest  friend.  Should  the 
United  States  be  involved  in  war  with  the  yellow  race,  what 
could  she  accomplish  in  such  a  war  without  the  assistance  of 
Germany,  the  strongest  military  power  in  the  world?  It  is 
probable  that  she  would  be  defeated.  Therefore,  it 
is  of  utmost  importance  to  the  entire 
white  race  that  Germany  retains 
colonial  possessions  in  Asia  at  all 
times.  Therefore,  the  United  States  should  insist  that 
Kiau-Chou  be  returned  to  Germany  by  Japan  after  the  war 
is  over. 

Great  Britain  has  always  been  the  worst  enemy  the 
United  States  ever  had  t  o  f  a  c  e  ,  as  shown  again  and 
again  by  history.  Can  Uncle  Sam  have  any  faith  in  the  recent 
sudden  change  of  the  friendly  attitude  of  John  Bull,  the 
wolf  in  the  sheep-skin?  Of  course,  Great  Britain  needs  the 
friendship  of  the  United  States  in  the  present  conflict,  as  far 
as  ammunition  and  money  are  concerned, — but  would  this 
prevent  her  from  turning  against  the  United  States  if  she 
should  be  victorious  in  this  war?  England  has  always  been 
treacherous.  How  easy  it  would  then  be  for  Great  Britain, 
France  and  Japan  to  parcel  up  the  United  States  among  one 
another!  John  Bryan  of  Cincinnati  has 
dwelt  extensively  on  this  subject  in  his  interesting  articles, 


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sounding  a  warning  to  the  United 
States  against  this  peril.  England, 
in  her  desire  to  dominate  the  sea,  has  always  tried  to 
weaken  or  destroy  the  sea  power  of  other  nations. 
History  shows  that  she  unscrupulously 
attacked  and  destroyed  Spain,  Hol- 
land, France,  Denmark,  and  all  nations  whom 
she  thought  dangerous  competitors.  How  did  she  treat  the 
Boers,  India  and  Egypt?  How  is  she  treating 
Ireland  ?  And  is  not  Great  Britain's  maritime  tyranny 
even  a  menace  to  the  neutral  nations  also  to  her  allies, 
France  and  Italy?  Under  certain  conditions  the  British 
pirate  state  will  deal  with  them  as  it  has  dealt  with  Ger- 
many. It  will  prohibit  their  competition  in  the  world  trade 
(as  it  is  doing  now  in  the  United  States),  and  make  free 
navigation  of  the  sea  impossible,  which 
should  never  be  allowed  to  become  private  proper- 
ty, and  England  must  not  be  per- 
mitted   to    rule    the    sea! 


EA^er}'  American  and  ever}-  man  who 
has  the  world's  civilization  at  heart, 
ought  to  bo  aware  that  a  German  de- 
feat in  this  war  would  mean  not  onl}- 
the  triumph  of  British  imperialism 
and  navalism,  but  also  the  triumph  of 
Russia  and  Japan  —  the  Russian  peril 
in  Europe,  and  the  supremacy  not 
only  of  Japan  over  Asia,  but  ultimately 
that  of  the  yellow  race  over  the  white; 
and  would  not  the  defeat  of  Germany 
result  in  a  tremendous  set-back  in 
the  world's  civilization,  which  would 
be    irreparable? 


40 THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 

But  now  we  can  read  the  following  in  the  New  Republic 
of  March  1st,  a  magazine  not  called  pro-German : 

"M  r .  Wilson  has  ranged  the 
United  States  on  the  side  of  the 
mistress  of  the  seas.  He  has 
thrown  the  national  interests  of 
America  into  the  balance  in  the 
way  most  calculated  to  maintain 
British  sea-power.  He  remains 
technically  neutral,  but  the  im- 
port and  the  consequences  are 
unmistakable." 

Bernard   Shaw   recently  said : 

"I  may  remark  that  America  is  not  neutral.  She 
is  taking  a  very  active  part  in  the  war  by  supplying 
us  with  ammunition  and  weapons  and  other  muni- 
tions.   Neutrality  is  nonsense." 

While  President  Wilson  has  proclaimed 
himself  to  be  neutral,  he  continues  to  allow  the 
shipping  of  ammunition  to  England  and  her  allies.  At  the 
same  time  Mr.  Wilson  insists  on  Germany's  changing  her 
submarine  warfare  tactics,  which  is  an  unreasonable  de- 
mand. Practically,  because  Mr.  Wilson  wants  to  favor 
England,  he  permits  her  to  maintain  a  blockade  preventing 
shipments  of  food,  etc.  to  Germany,  while  on  the  other 
hand  he  tries  to  prevent  Germany  from  sinking  English 
ships  by  submarine,  which  would  enable  Germany  to  starve 
out  England,  and  force  her  to  surrender.  Can  the  justly 
thinking  American  public  call  this  neutrality?  Mr.  Wilson 
insists  that  Germany  does  not  destroy  any  vessels  of  the 
allies  with  Americans  on  board,  for  the  mere  pretext  of 
protecting  England  and  rob  Germany  of  her  best  weapon 
to  win  the  war. 


THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 41 

Americans  have  no  right  to  travel  on  belligerent  vessels 
except  at  their  ov^n  risk.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States  to  give  warning  against  it.  Incidents 
like  the  sinking  of  the  Lusitania,  and  many 
other  things  v^ould  never  have  happened,  had  not  President 
Wilson  neglected  his  duty  willfully.  And  does  he  not 
appear  guilty  of  conspiracy? 

By  delaying  the  war  constantly,  Mr.  Wilson's  policy  with 
Mexico  also  appears  to  favor  England's  cause,  as  he  seems 
to  want  to  be  free  to  help  England,  not  only  in  the  ship- 
ments of  ammunition,  etc.,  but  financially  and  otherwise. 
He  allows  the  honor  of  the  American  citizens  to  be  insulted, 
and  the  American  flag  to  be  repeatedly  trampled  upon. 
(Hundreds  of  Americans  have  been  killed  by  the  Mexicans.) 
At  the  same  time,  President  Wilson  appears  content  to 
allow  England  to  board  American  vessels,  take  them  into 
their  harbors  and  search  same ;  and  allows  England  to 
dominate  the  sea  at  will.  Is  there  anything  plainer  than 
Mr.  Wilson's  stand  in  this  warfare? 

The  United  States,  in  order  to  prove  that 
it  is  really  neutral,  must  either  place  an 
embargo  on  arms  and  ammunition,  or 
break  the  British  blockade,  besides  give 
warning  to  all  American  citizens  not  to 
travel  in  the  war  zone  or  on  belligerent 
vessels,  except  at  their  own  risk. 


No  wonder  that  the  London  Daily  Mail  of  June  6th  boasts 
of  England's  supremacy  at  sea,  when  it  verbally  says: 

'*No  more  permits  will  be  issued  by  the  British  Gov- 
ernment for  the  import  of  goods  of  German  origin  into 
the  United  States.  The  one  or  two  consignments  of 
dyes  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  United  States  govern- 


42 THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 

ment  printing  office  in  the  manufacture  of  national 
bank  notes  were  allowed,  because  assurances  were 
furnished  by  the  Washington  government  authorities 
that  the  dyes  are  for  government  purposes  only." 

England  is  even  stealing  our  foreign  business  from  us  by 
opening  our  mails,  copying  orders  and  sending  the  copies  to 
English  firms,  besides  holding  back  the  mail  of  all  the 
neutral  nations  (Amercian  as  well  as  European)  long 
enough  to  give  the  English  merchants  a  chance  to  write  to 
our  customers  in  Europe  and  fill  the  orders  first. 

Augustus  F.  Beach,  the  well-known  American  corre- 
spondent, informs  us  how  England  proceeds  to  secure  the 
trade  oflered  to  America  by  methods  that  are  simply  unbe- 
lievable. 

There  never  was  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  nation  when 
the  people  of  the  United  States  were  humiliated  like  this.  (Is 

Mr.  V\'ilson  going  to  mention  this  in  his  historical  works?) 

Why  doesn't  the  government  at  Washington  protest 
boldly  and  hotly  against  the  outrages  of  the  pirates  of  the 
sea?  The  government  at  AVashington  is  apparently  work- 
ing in  sympathy  with  the  British  government.  Can  the 
American  citizens  (excepting  some  of  English  descent, 
who  wish  to  see  this  country  controlled  by  Great  Britain) 
trust  a  president  who  appears  to  be  an  English  premier  in 
disguise?  Do  they  wish  to  see  international  laws  manipu- 
lated to  suit  England?  Do  they  consent  to  England's 
breaking  international  laws  at  will?     Where  will  this  end? 


Great  Britain  has  been  ably  represented  in  this  country  by 
"Sir"  "Viscount"  B  r  y  c  e  ,  former  xA^mbassador  at 
Washington.  What  characterizes  this  man  more  than  his 
shameful    reports    on    so-called    "Investigation    of 


THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 43 

German  Atrocities"  and  his  utterances  at  a  recent  banquet 
(on  July  5th),  where  he  said  that  "the  alHes  are  making 
this  war  for  the  welfare  of  humanity,  to  crush  German 
militarism" — b  ut  in  reality  to  give  place  to 
English  piracy,  tyranny  and  world's  su- 
premac}-;  to  give  Great  Britain  free  rein 
to  destroy  and  conquer  nations  that  are 
her  rivals,  making  her  still  more  the  vam- 
pire of  the  earth.  It  is  appalling  to  what  extent 
the  American  mind  is  under  the  poisonous  influence  of 
the  British  foreign  office. 

America  needs  a  B  i  s  m  a  r  c  k — a  man  with  the  force  of 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  minus  his  English  sympathies.  (Too 
bad  he  missed  his  opportunity!) 


How  blind  the  nations  are  that  they  all  fight  for  Great 
Britain, — Belgium,  France,  Russia,  Servia,  Montenegro, 
Italy — all  bleeding  to  death.  And  this  has  been 
the  case  for  centuries,  for  England,  the  vam- 
pire of  the  earth,  as  she  has  been  repeatedly 
called.  And  even  the  United  States  assists  its  arch  enemy 
— for  what  reason?  Is  it  morally  right  for  the  United 
States  to  furnish  ammunition  to  the  allies  to  help  destroy 
Germany,  her  best  friend?  Is  it  right  logically?  Ethically? 
All  this  will  have  to  be  accounted  for  some  day. 

This  is  something  that  we  all  should  remember  before  it 
is  too  late.  Now,  we  still  can  determine 
the  course  of  Fate,  and  can  the  United  States 
afford  to  risk  losing  Germany's  friendship,  most  valuable 
if    they    have    to    fight  the  yellow  race? 

It  would  not  be  surprising  if  there  were  German  spies  in 
the  United  States,  but  if  there  really  are  some,  they  would 


44 THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 

not  be  found  to  be  working  against  the  interests  of  the 
United  States  Government,  but  as  patriots  ready  to  risk 
their  lives  in  order  to  fulfill  certain  duties  toward  their 
fatherland  in  their  war  against  Great  Britain,  which  nation 
is  trying  to  make  Germany  an  enemy  of  the  United  States, 
while  everybody  knows  that  the  United  States' 
soil  swarms  with  British  spies,  but  are 
they  not  all  intriguing  against  the  United  States  to  re- 
capture this  lost  colony,  so  much  craved  by  John  Bull? 

American  commerce  is  under  com- 
plete control  of  British  super  \'ision. 
and  wherever  it  has  a  chance,  England  darnages  American 
commerce,  and  the  secret  service  of  the  United 
States  is  almost  all  helping  England's  side  of  the  game. 
Think  of  it!  British  oflficers  personally  are  now  directing 
the  making  of  shells  for  the  British  Government.  Every 
section  of  the  country  has  been  visited  by  British  officers 
on  the  same  errand.  At  all  American  ports  English  con- 
sular agents  are  on  the  docks,  examining  the  cargoes  of 
every  Dutch,  Norwegian,  Danish  and  Swedish  vessel,  and 
issuing  written  certificates  if  the  cargo  suits  them.  British 
cruisers  taking  supplies  at  our  own  coast  are  holding 
u  p  American  ships  bound  for  neutral  ports  and  even 
American  home  ports.  All  American  mail  is 
opened  in  England,  and  even  the  United  States 
post-office  service  is  pervaded  by  English  spies,  mail 
being  opened  by  them  as  has  been  traced.  Interna- 
tional laws  are  ignored  by  England  and 
changed  arbitrarily.  And  the  United  States  gov- 
ernment appears  indifferent  to  England's  tyranny  of  the  sea  I 

It  seems  that  the  tolerant  Americans 
will  stand  almost  anything!  Does  not 
the   attitude    of    the    United    States    toward    England    re- 


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mind  one  of  the  story  of  the  little  dog  that  was  to  be 
drowned  by  his  master,  and  after  managing  to  escape,  re- 
turned again,  and  jumping  up  happily,  kissed  his  master's 
hand? 

Was  our  Ambassador  Page  at  London  very 
wrong  when  he  said  at  a  banquet  in  London  in  February, 
1914,  "After  all,  the  United  States  is 
English-ruled  and  English- led?"  Why 
does  all  this  happen?  Because  there  is  a  strong,  well- 
financed  British  propaganda  in  the  United  States,  the  op- 
erations of  which  are  kept  from  the  people  by  those  news- 
papers and  periodicals  the  Northcliffe  syndicate  owns  or 
controls.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  the  "German  plots  in  the 
United  States"  are  being  "played  up,"  and  the  English  plots 
in  the  United  States  hushed  up,  and  the  "Armenians  are 
killed  by  the  Turks"  right  along?  Indeed,  the  newspapers 
are  managed  so  cleverly  that  they  run  down  Great  Britain 
occasionally  just  for  ei¥ect.  "There  is  nothing 
more     clever     than     an     English     lie!" 

No  way  of  trying  to  anglicize  American  people  is  over- 
looked. We  find  huge  signs  all  over  the  country  advertis- 
ing Pall  Mall,  London  Life  and  King 
William  cigarettes,  Prince  Albert  smok- 
ing tobacco,  Prince  of  Wales,  Lady 
Churchill,  Duke  of  Moreland,  Lord  Sal- 
isbury and  Lord  Palmerston  cigars,  etc.,  etc. 
One  of  the  latest  creations  is  a  string  of  theaters  all  over  the 
country  named  "The  S  t  r  a  n  d."  The  Americans  are 
gradually  anglicized  without  knowing  it.  One  even  notices 
in  the  restaurants  since  the  war  began  that  German  names 
are  carefully  avoided  on  the  menu. 


What  is  the  reason  for  all  this? 


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The  secret  will  of  Cecil  Rhodes,  the  dia- 
mond king,  drawn  up  in  1877,  shows  that  millions  of  his 
money  were  invested  in  such  a  manner  as  to  carry  out  as 
secretly  as  possible  the  purpose  for  which  they  were  de- 
signed : 

''To  and  for  the  establishment  of,  promotion  and 
development  of  a  secret  society,  the  true  aim  of 
which  and  object  whereof  shall  be  the  extension  of 
British  rule  throughout  the  world — and  especially 
the  ultimate  recovery  of  the  United  States  of 
America  as  an  integral  part  of  the  British  Empire." 

What  will  the  workings  of  the  English  secret  societies 
lead  to,  whose  aim  is  to  carry  out  the  Cecil  Rhodes  will? 

Thb  is  the  greatest  question  concerning  this  country  to-day! 

Does  this  not  account  for  many  things  that  are  happening 
in  this  country,  and  that  we  did  not  understand  before  the 
publication  of  the  Cecil  Rhodes  will,  namely :  the  stand 
taken  by  the  American  press  in  the  service  of  England  un- 
der the  secret  control  of  Lord  Northclifife;  the  attitude  of 
some  of  the  leading  men  of  this  country,  the  establishment 
of  secret  societies,  the  vague  utterances  of  certain  promi- 
nent speakers,  also  the  movement  to  ignore  the  Fourth  of 
July,  by  substituting  the  signing  of  the  Magna  Charta 
(concession  of  liberties  in  England,  1215)  to  be  celebrated 
as  the  true  origin  of  our  independence? 

Yes,  by  the  publication  of  the  Cecil  Rhodes  will,  we  see 
how  some  of  our  leading  men  are  in- 
volved in  a  conspiracy  against  this 
country,  and  appear  as  traitors  (something 
every  American  should  know  and  remember  hereafter  when 
he   casts   his   votes).   The   proposal   of   a   Mr.    Wiener   of 


THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 47 

England,  to  Harvard  College,. that  he  would  will  $10,000,000 
to  them  on  condition  that  they  dismiss  Dr.  Hugo  Miinster- 
berg,  a  champion  of  the  German  cause,  is  casting  its  shadow. 
The  fact  that  it  was  not  accepted  will  stand  forever  to  the 
credit  of  this  institution. 

Thus  it  is  seen  how  the  Rhodes  poison 
is    working  in  the  veins  of  American  life. 

It  also  explains  the  standpoint  taken  by  our 
government  at  Washington  in  regard  to 
Germany's  submarine  warfare  (which  is  in 
opposition  to  public  sentiment).  Everybody  should  be 
warned  by  the  President  against  taking  passage  on 
vessels  of  belligerents,  as  he  cautioned  /\mericans  to  leave 
and  to  remain  out  of  Mexico.  This  also  explains  the  move- 
ment to  help  England  in  this  war  and  the 
persistent  intrigues  to  drag  the  United 
States  into  war  with  Germany.  Why  did 
President  Wilson  place  the  German  wireless  station  at 
Sayville,  L.  L,  under  American  censorship? 

As  the  United  States  is  never  going  to 
surrender  its  independence,  we  must  al- 
ways be  prepared  for  war  against  Great 
Britain,  and  especially  b  e  prepared 
against    our    foes    at    home! 

What  shaU  be  done? 

British  secret  societies  should  be  suppressed. 

Opposition  should  be  made  to  misrepresentation  in  the 
press,  as  is  done  in  Germany. 

Would  it  not  be  of  interest  to  every  American 
to  have  German  newspapers  in  the 
English  language  started  in  opposition  to 
the    English    ones,    first  of  all  to  give  the  American 


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people  the  benefit  of  the  German  influence  of  truth  and  facts 
of  world's  events?  Second,  to  thus  help  to  keep  American 
citizens  from  the  clutches  of  Great  Britain — h  e  r  cam- 
paign of  lies,  and  conspiracy  to  regain 
the  United  States,  in  conformity  with  the  secret 
plans  to  carry  out  the  will  of  Cecil  Rhodes. 

If  the  government  does  not  immediately  take  a  hand  in 
preventing  the  growth  of  this  octopus  by  stamping  out  of 
existence  the  English  secret  societies  in  this  country,  it  is 
easy  to  predict  that  this  conspiracy  will  and  must  lead  to 
a  serious  situation  in  this  country  sooner  or  later! 

Americans!     Take  action  and  prepare!     Be  patriots! 

This  seems  to  be  the  only  way  of  pre- 
serving the  United  States  as  a  free  and 
independent    country!!! 

Germany  has  made  a  great  mistake  in  not  being  repre- 
sented in  America  by  the  press  in  the  English  language, 
and  for  this  reason  she  has  been  misrepresented  by  England 
in  the  most  shameful  manner,  especially  in  this  war,  to  help 
along  Cecil  Rhodes'  plans. 

Last  but  not  least,  the  United  States  should  have  several 
of  its  own  cables  to  Europe. 

To  use  the  prophetic  words  of  one  of  the  great  German 
thinkers : 

"Am  deutschen  Wesen 
Wird  einst  die  Welt  genesen." 

(It  will  be  by  the  German  way  that  the  world  will  some  day 
recover.) 


The   most    good    can   come    from    the    opposition    party. 
The  real  American  people  should  see  that  the  president  of 


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the  United  States  is  a  man  who  does  not  favor  English 
ideals  (?),  which  are  the  great  danger  of  real  Americanism 
(as  the  last  part  of  this  book  especially  ])roves). 

Should  Germany  be  defeated  in  this  war  against  almost 
the  whole  Avorld,  her  defeat  will  be  principally  due  to  the 
assistance  given  the  allies  by  the  United  States  in  ship- 
ments of  guns  and  ammunition,  raw  material  and  food 
stuffs,  as  well  as  supplying  several  billion  dollars  of  war 
loans  and  credits  (to  date)  and  volunteer  fighters.  It 
would  be  mainly  due  to  President  Wilson's  submarine 
warfare  policy,  which  restricts  Germany  from  attacking 
English  vessels,  and  which  prevents  Germany  from  starv- 
ing out  England. 


Germany's  defeat  would  be  a  disaster  to  civilization,  and 
would  be  the  result  of  the  attack  of  the  whole  world  upon 
Germany — the  nation  of  highest  culture,  efficiency,  morals 
and  ethic.  It  would  mean  that  might  would  triumph  over 
right,  and  the  highest  ideals  of  mankind  would  be  trampled 
in  the  dust.  It  would  prove  that  there  is  no  moral  or 
justice  among  nations,  and  that  nations  are  not  fighting 
for  principles  and  ideals,  but  for  material  gain  merely,  and 
for  English  Imperialism  and  navalism.  They  all  are  fight- 
ing for  Great  Britain's  standard  of  liberty  (??)  and  civiliza- 
tion (??).  England  and  her  allies:  France,  Russia,  Italy, 
Belgium.  SerA'ia,  Montenegro,  Portugal,  Japan,  Canada. 
Australia,  Roumania,  besides  all  other  English  and  French 
colonies,  in  their  endeavor  to  destroy  the  banner  carrier  of 
real  civilization  and  highest  culture — Germany.  It  is  mar- 
velous how  this  nation  with  its  three  allies,  Austria-Hun- 
gary, Turkey  and  Bulgaria,  is  permanently  able  to  check  the 
terrible  onslaught  of  all  these  nations  in  this  "war  against 


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civilization,"  even  holding  out  against  the  tremendous  of- 
fensive of  the  allies  on  the  Somme  which  was  started  at  the 
end  of  June,  1916,  causing  it  to  be  a  failure.  What  a  won- 
derful accomplishment  for  the  Germans  to  succeed  in  land- 
ing the  submarine  ''Deutschland"  in  an  American  harbor, 
and  getting  it  back  safely  to  Germany !  Does  this  not  prove 
that  Germany  is  able  to  cope  with  the  whole  world? 


Germany's  military  development  has  proved  a  necessity 
because  of  the  geographical  position  of  the  country,  which 
is  surrounded  by  enemies  on  all  sides.  How  lucky  is  the 
United  States  having  oceans  on  two  sides !  Realize,  that 
Germany's  population  after  the  Thirty  Years'  War 
(1618-1648)  had  decreased  from  16,000,000  to  4,500,000— the 
most  terrible  of  wars  in  history !  There  was  no 
chicken  left  on  the  farm,  no  cow,  no 
horse,  no  sound  wagon-wheel!  No  wonder  it 
taught  Prussia  the  lesson  to  be  on  guard  all  the  time, 
hence  was  born  Prussian  militarism! 
Toujours  en  vedette  ("always  on  guard"),  said  Frederick 
the  Great,  who  defended  Prussia  so  victoriously  in  the  Seven 
Years'  War  (1756-1763)  against  Saxony,  France,  Russia, 
Austria,  and  even  Sweden.  How  fortunate  for  Prussia  that 
Frederick  learned  of  the  secret  conspiracy  among  her  neigh- 
bors, who  had  planned  to  divide  Prussia! 


After  the  Franco-Prussian  war  (1871)  the  great  Moltke 
maintained  that  Germany  must  always  be  prepared  for  an 
attack  from  Russia  and  France  at  the  same  time  in  order 
not  to  be  crushed.  That  so-called  militarism  and 
Prussianism,  so  much  hated  by  the  allies,  is  nothing 
but  German  efficiency.  If  Germany  were  10%  less  efficient 
to-day,  where  would  she  be?  If  the  surrounding  nations 
seriously  meant  peace,  Germany  in  arms  would  never  have 


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disturbed  them.  It  appears  now  that  the  Hague 
Peace  Conference  was  nothing  but  a 
deeply  laid  plot  instigated  by  England  against 
Germany,   and   the   latter   was    wise   not   to   disarm. 

International  laws  should  be  made 
to  meet  all  the  requirements  of  civi- 
lized nations.  Advantage  should  not  be  taken 
in  framing  such  laws  when  nations  are  at  war,  or  are  not  in 
a  position  to  act  with  freedom,  otherwise  such  laws  will 
have  to  be  revised.     Only  wise  and  sound  laws  can  stand! 

President  Wilson  makes  laws  to  favor  England. 


By  the  way,  it  is  Prussian  militarism  that 
made  the  existence  of  the  United  States 
of  America  possible.  Professor  John 
William  Burgess  of  Columbia  University,  one  of 
the  best  authorities  on  international  law,  calls  attention  to 
the  important  part  that  the  Germans  played  in  the  affairs 
of  this  country,  by  pointing  out  that  the  independ- 
enceoftheUnited  Stateswouldnot  existif 
German  militarism  had  not  given  us  strength 
to  resist  the  forces  that  threatened  to  crush  us,  first  in  our 
rights  and  liberties  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
against  England  (1776-1783),  then  our  Union  in  the  Con- 
federate   War    (1861-1865). 

Mrs.  Jefferson  Davis,  the  wife  of  the  Confed- 
erate President,  often  said  that  without  the  Ger- 
mans, who  contributed  750,000  soldiers  to 
the  armies  of  the  North  (216,000  German 
born,  300,000  sons  of  parents  born  in  Germany,  234,000  of 
German  extraction),  the  North  could  never 
have   overcome   the    armies   of   the    Confed- 


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eracy.  Are  not  the  Germans,  of  whom 
there  are  about  3  0  ,  000  ,000  i  n  t  h  i  s  c  o  u  n - 
try,  entitled  to  the  very  first  rank  among 
the  "hyphenated"  Americans?  Con- 
sidering everything,  have  not  the 
Germans  done  more  for  the  United 
States    than    any    other    nation? 

It  is  of  great  importance  for  the  average  American  to 
know  that  Great  Britain  has  established  press  bureaus 
all  over  the  world,  principally  in  London,  Paris,  Geneva, 
Rome,  Amsterdam,  Copenhagen,  St.  Petersburg,  Shanghai, 
New  York,  and  through  such  representatives  as  Lord 
Xorthcliffe,  the  Reuter  and  Havas  tele- 
graph bureaus,  makes  a  business  of  spreading  in- 
numerable inventions  in  a  clever  and  systematic 
w  a  y  in  the  interest  of  the  English  propaganda.  These  are 
facts  which  no  observant  person  will  deny.  Great  Britain 
is  using  the  motto :  The  safest  way  to  control  a 
nation    is    through    its    press. 

It  is  only  in  this  way  that  we  can  explain  the  extraordi- 
nary effect  of  Great  Britain's  huge  campaign  of 
lies,  and  the  success  in  making  Germany 
hated  by  the  neutral  nations.  On  account  of 
the  prejudice  it  takes  courage  (in  the  United 
States   of  America !)     even    to    tell    the    truth! 

Did  not  Lord  Northcliffe  (then  Alfred  Harmsworth)  ac- 
knowledge in  an  interview,  when  in  Philadelphia  in  April, 
1900,  that  the  syndicate,  of  which  he  was  the  head,  owns  or 
controls  eighteen  very  successful  American  papers  in  our 
leading  cities?  And  how  many  more  have  been  added  since 
that  time ?  Almost  the  entire  American 
press!  Is  it,  therefore,  surprising  that  the  people, 
through   the   news    service,    get   only    the    English 


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side  of  the  war,  the  papers  in  the  South  not  even 
publishing  the  German  reports  of  the  war.  Therefore  to 
the  Southerner  the  Germans  appear  to  be  defeated  every 
day  in  the  year. 

He  who  reads  the  American  newspapers  and  magazines 
does  not  wonder  that  the  mind  of  the  average  Ameri- 
can has  been  poisoned  by  English  false- 
hoods and  slander.  Among  the  most  conspicu- 
ous defenders  of  England  are  numerous  publications  of 
which  I  only  mention :  Providence  Journal,  New 
York  Times,  New  York  World,  New 
York  Herald,  Harper's  Weekly,  Satur- 
<:lay  Evening  Post,  Outlook,  Life  . 
.  .  .  There  are  many,  many  others.  One  should  beware 
of  certain  historical  works,  compiled  by  newspapers  and  so- 
called  historians,  that  are  calculated  to  serve  Albion  to  the 
detriment  of  Germany  ;eventheschool-booksare 
gradually  eliminating  all  reference  to 
the  nefarious  part  played  by  England  in 
our  history,  and  are  otherwise  changed  to  favor  the 
British  propaganda,  omitting  many  things  for  which 
Germany  should  get  credit.  Thus  young  America  is  kept  in 
ignorance  of  the  good  that  Germany  has  done  for  the  world 
at  large,  and  of  the  great  part  the  Germans  took  in  helping 
the  United  States  to  become  an  independent  country. 


It  is  a  pity  to  observe  that  some  of  our  most  prominent 
citizens,  in  opposition  to  true  Americanism  (which  is  very 
little  understood  and  adhered  to),  cannot  remain  absolutely 
neutral,  especially  some  of  those  ''hyphen- 
ated" Anglo-Americans  (Americans  of  English 
descent)  who  in  fact  are  a  stumbling-block 
toward    making    America    an    ideal    nation. 


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Why  is  it  that  certain  prominent  men  like  Charles  W. 
Eliot  (President  Emeritus  of  Harvard  College)  have 
changed  their  views  regarding  Germany  in  a  most  surpris- 
ing way  since  the  beginning  of  the  war?  How  about  the 
radical  stand  of  Theodore  Roosevelt,  and  Henry 
W.  Taft  (a  brother  of  Ex-President  Wm.  H.  Taft)  ?  A 
true  American's  principles  should  stand 
for  absolute  freedom  and  independence, 
justice  and  humanity,  but  the  loyalty  of 
some  Anglo-Americans  toward  England 
stands  higher  than  that  to  their  adopted 
land,  and  they  even  appear  eager  to  sell 
America  to  England.  Are  such  people  true 
Americans,  and  can  theybe  trusted  ? 


Has  not  the  United  States  virtually  placed  herself  on  the 
side  of  the  allies  by  shipments  of  arms  and  ammunition 
amounting  to  billions  of  dollars? 

The  present  world-war  confronts  us  with  the  question 
as  to  whethermorality  really  exists  among 
nations,  as  conditions  have  unfettered  the  worst  features 
of  human  character. 


Now,  as  to  your  "friends — the  Russians"  with 
whose  culture  you  seem  to  be  impressed  so  much,  and  whose 
culture  you  place  above  that  of  Germany,  it  is  quite  natu- 
ral that  every  nation,  at  certain  periods,  has  some  literary 
men  of  renown,  but  it  is  also  a  well-known  fact  that 
Russia  has  no  culture  of  her  own.  What- 
ever culture  she  may  possess,  she  has  received  from  her 
neighbors,  the  Germans  and  the  Turks  (Moham- 
medans), who,  for  a  thousand  years,  can  look  back  on 
the  achievements  of  their  culture,  while  Russian  culture  is 


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but  in  its  infancy.    It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  in  Russia 

about    70%    cannot    read    or    write.  (Without    the 

German     element,     what     is  there     left     of 
Russian  culture  ?) 


Speaking  of  the  culture  of  nations  in  general,  it  may 
be  left  to  every  reader  to  judge  where  the  culture  of  a 
nation  stands,  if  it  tries  to  render  patents  and 
copyrights  void,  as  England,  France, 
Russia  and  Japan  have  done  in  re- 
gard to  Germany  during  this  war.  Does 
it  betray  a  high  standard  of  culture  if  certain  nations  con- 
stantly misrepresent  facts  to  the  whole  world  in  the  most 
shameful  manner?  Germany's  press  is  far 
above  this.  It  is  fortunately  regulated 
by  wise  laws,  and  protects  everybody  from 
slander.     Any  wrongs  are  immediately  righted. 


The  degree  of  culture  possessed  by  a  nation  could  be 
gauged  no  better  than  by  the  following  facts : 

The  art  of  printing  is  carried  on  in  Germany 
in  all  languages  of  the  world,  in  the  most  perfect 
manner,  as  well  as  at  a  minimum  of  cost.  In  this  branch 
Leipzig  has  the  greatest  reputation  in  the  world.  Some 
families  residing  there  have  done  nothing  but  printing 
books  and  reading  proofs  for  many  generations.  This 
refers  also  to  the  art  of  lettering  and  designing. 

And  how  are  agriculture  and  forestry  carried 
on  in  Germany?  They  have  practically  developed  into 
a  science.  So  great  an  authority  as  J.  J.  Hill  estimated  the 
crops  of  the  United  States  for  the  year  1913 
at  the  value  of  $9,000,000,000,  while  Dr.  H  e  1  f  f  e  r  i  c  h  , 
Secretary    of    the    Imperial    Treasury,    in    his    exhaustive 


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pamphlet,    valued   the    crops    of    Germany    for   the 
same     year     at     $3,300,000,000. 

In  Germany  eightagricultural  universities, 
250  training  schools,  197  v^inter  agricultural 
schools,  besides  special  schools  of  which  there  are  1320 
in  Prussia  alone,  make  the  German  farmer  the 
most  scientific  in  the  world.  The  re- 
sult is  that  Germany  produces  more  than 
twice  as  much  per  acre  of  oats  and 
barley  as  the  United  States,  and  more  than  three 
times  as  much  wheat  per  acre.  One  reason  for 
this  is  that  Germany  leads  the  world  in  scientific  fertilizers. 
In  a  measure  one  might  say  that  Germany  does  not 
produce  her  crops,  but  manufactures  them, 
using  more  potash  salts  than  all  the 
rest  of  the  world  combined.  She  has  made 
the  discovery  of  extracting  nitrogen  from 
the  air,  instead  of  having  to  import  it  from  South 
America,  one  of  the  most  momentous  discoveries  of  modern 
times.  She  gets  phosphoric  acid  as  a  by- 
product of  smelting,  thus  using  what  other  nations 
waste.  All  this,  through  the  aid  of  the  government,  puts 
the  German  farmer  in  a  state  of  eco- 
nomic security  and  therefore  of  independence 
andcomparative  freedom.  But  Germany 
believes  above  all  in  freedom  of  thought. 

Germany,  therefore,  is  a  self-support- 
ing country.  She  imports  only  5%  of 
her  food  supply,  and  ranks  third  among  the 
agricultural  countries  of  the  world.  She 
produces  more  potatoes  than  any  other  nation,  35,000,- 
000  tons  (1913),  or  an  output  five  times  as  large  as  the 
United  States.     Germany  is  likewise  the  greatest   pro- 


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ducer   of    b  eet    sugar,    2,500,000   tons    annually,    or 
over  75  pounds  per  capita,  based  on  a  67,000.000  population. 

Is  there  any  other  nation  that  has  utilized  its  resources 
so  much  to  its  advantage  as  Germany?  Germany, 
therefore,  cannot  be  star\ed  out  in  the 
course    of    a    war. 

The  following  figures  are  convincing : 

Steel  Tonnage  exported  by  these  countries,  1908-1912. 

U.  S.  Gt.  Britain  Germany 

1908    964,242  4,299,508  3,676,888 

1909   1 ,239,709  4,380,665  3,979,839 

1910   1,537,952  4,735,734  4,791,599 

191 1    2, 187,725  4,664,772  5,292,326 

1912   2,947,596  4,628,000  5,856,000 

%  Increase  205  8  59 

The  foreign  trade  of  Germany  compared  with 
that  of  Great  Britain  and  France  in  the  last  thirty  years, 
is  as  follows : 

In  Millions  of  Marks 
1883  1912 

Germany's  foreign  trade 6,492.3         19,648.6 

Great  Britain's  foreign  trade 12.279.5         22,850.5 

France's   foreign    trade 6,687.5         11,954.7 

About  half  of  the  goods  exported  by  Great  Britain  is  of 
German  origin.  According  to  recent  London  sta- 
tistics, Hamburg  has  become  the  first 
port  in  the  world  in  regard  to  ton- 
nage, as  well  as  to  value  of  commerce. 
The  fact  that  Antwerp  also  ranks  among  the  first 
ports   in   the  world  is  due  to   the  tremendous  exports  of 


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German  goods,  with  Rotterdam  ranking  fifth. 
Germany's  wealth  since  the  Franco-Prussian  war 
(1871)  has  increased  immensely,  making  it  the 
richest  nation  of  the  world  next  to  the 
United  States.  The  national  debt  in  1914  (before 
the  war)  amounted  to  a  sum  of  about  $1,200,000,000  which 
now  appears  a  bagatelle,  considering  that  the  Government 
owns  practically  all  railroads,  canals,  telegraph  lines,  postal 
and  parcel  service,  and  other  valuable  public  utilities. 


Germany  is  the  only  country  in  Europe  that,  since 
the  beginning  of  the  war,  has  not  declared  a 
moratorium,  no  matter  what  her  enemies  may  say 
to  the  contrary.  (For  details  see  the  circular  of  the 
Deutsche  Bank,  which  announces  that  there  is  no  mora- 
torium.) The  first  one  billion  5%  war  loan  at  97>^  was 
about  AYi  times  over-subscribed.  The  succeeding  war 
loans  were  a  still  greater  success,  due  to  the  persistent 
victories  of  the  German  army.  One  may  say  they  have 
not  lost  a  single  battle  as  yet  in  this  war.  What  a  wonder- 
ful record ! 

The  economic  situation  in  Germany 
during  the  war  is  characterized  also  by  the  movement  of 
retail  prices  for  foodstuffs,  which  in  many  cases  show 
no  rise  at  all,  and  in  spite  of  Germany's 
blockade  b}^  England,  foodstuffs  in  Ger- 
many's biggest  cities  are  cheaper  than 
in  England  and  France  (March  1916).  This 
is  due  to  the  wise  providence  and  the  wonderful  system  of 
the  German  government. 


According  to  the  W  o  r  1  d    Almanac    of  1914,  the 
statistics  of  the  period  1913-1914  regarding  the  estimated 


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59 


cost  to  the  principal  nations  of  the  world  of  maintain- 
ing   armies    and    navies    is    as    follows : 

Cost  Per 

Population           1913-1914  Capita 

England   44,000,000  $448,440,000  $9.90 

France  40,000,000            311,002,000  8.00 

Russia  155,000,000            439,300,000  2.83 

Germany  65,000,000            294,390,000  4.40 

Austro-Hungary  49,000.000             128,800.000  2.40 

United   States  ' 99.000.000            323,800.000  3.30 


Number  of  Deposits 
in  Savings  Banks 

England    14,621,203     (1912) 

France  14.578,897     (1912) 

Russia  8,988,225     (1913) 

Germany  24,128,505     (1912) 

Austro-Hungary  6,685,471     (1911) 

United  States  11,109,499 


Percentage  of 
Inhabitants 
Having  Deposits 
32.49%        - 
36.44% 
7.19% 
37.12% 
13.92% 


Deposits 

England    $1,148,087,467 

France    1,091,303,658 

Russia  867,929,500 

Germany  4,873,856,638 

Austro-Hungary     1,331,338,523 
United  States  4.936,591,849 


Average 
Deposit  Per 
Inhabitant 
(1909-1912) 
$25.14 
27.56 
5.17 
88.08 
46.29 
49.85 


Percentage 
of  Per  Cap. 
Cost  of  Arma- 
ment to  Aver- 
age Deposit 
Per  Inhabitant 
27.64% 
21.15% 
(1913)       44.10% 
3.79% 
3.67% 
44.1  % 


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Germany  has  twenty  banks  with  a  paid-up  capital  of 
50,000,000  Marks  ($12,500,000)  each  or  over.  Three  of 
these,  the  Dresdner  Bank,  Deutsche  Bank, 
and  Discontogesellschaft,have  a  capital 
of  over  300,000,000  Marks  ($75,000,000) 
each.  There  are  others  almost  as  large.  The  largest 
bank  in  the  United  States,  the  National  City 
Bank  of  New  York,  has  a  paid-up  capital  of  only 
$25,000,000. 


George  W.  Perkins,  once  a  partner  of  J.  P. 
Morgan,  wrote  before  the  war :  "Thirty  years  ago,  Ger- 
many was  the  land  of  the  small  enterprise.  To-day  i  t 
is  pre-eminently  the  land  of  the  giant 
enterprise.  Germany's  area  is  but  200,000  square 
miles  as  against  3,000,000  square  miles  in  the  United 
States ;  yet  Germany's  foreign  trade  is 
much  larger  than  that  of  the  United 
States    or    Englan  d." 


The  recent  estimate  of  wealth  of  the  fol- 
lowing three  nations  before  the  war  including  all  classes 
of  property  and  colonies,  securities  owned  abroad  and  all 
public  properties,  is  as  follows  (see  Mulhall's  reports)  : 

United  Kingdom $80,000,000,000 

Germany 90,000,000,000 

France  60,000,000,000 

'  (United    States 190,000,000,000) 

At  the  beginning  of  the  war,  the  debts  of  the  three 
nations  under  consideration  were  as  follows: 

United  Kingdom $3,486,000,000 

Germany  1,177,000.000 

France  6,284,000,000 


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Net  Tonnage  of  the  Merchant  Marines: 

1870  1891  Jan.  1913 

British  Empire  7,149,000*         9,280.000  11,879,000 

Germany 982,000*         1,941.000  3,320,000 

Norway 1,023,000*         1,489,000  1.719,000 

France 1 ,072,000*         1 .038,000  1 ,5 19,000 

Italy    1,012,000*  945,000  1,137.000 

United  States  1,517,000*        3,341,000*  4,800,000* 

*  gross. 

On  account  of  her  supremacy  in  commerce,  Germany 
needs  much  greater  merchant  marines  and  correspondingly 
a  bigger  navy.     She  must  build  more  and  more  shifts! 


Plow  does  Germany's  standard  of  civilization  compare 
with  that  of  other  nations,  even  taking  into  consideration 
the  export  of  manufactured  foodstuffs,  with  a  terri- 
tory less  than  the  size  of  the  state  of 
Texas  ?  And  if  we  speak  about  the  highest  standard  of 
civilization,  the  art  of  German  cooking,  that 
strives  for  both  nutrition  and  hygienic  value,  ranks  first 
among  the  nations;  and  the  percentage  of  first-class  eating 
places  in  Germany  is  again  the  highest  in  the  world.  This 
is  easily  told  by  the  full,  rosy  cheeks  of  the  Germans. 
Social  conditions  in  Germany  have  become  so 
perfect  that  there  i.s  no  need  of  anybody  begging,  and  no- 
body in  Germany  need  starve.  There  are  no 
slums  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  Ger- 
man cities.  Is  not  this  a  remarkable  thing?  The 
Germans  are  also  leaders  in  city  planning, — 
nowhere  are  there  as  clean  streets  as  in  German 
cities.  All  the  old  people  are  cared  for  by  a  p  e  n  s  i  o  n 
fund,  and  every  workman  and  poor  servant,  how- 
ever small  his  wages  may  be,  has  to  contribute  toward  it. 

In   1912  there  were  fewer  than  2%  unemployed  in  Ger- 


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many,  far  less  than  in  any  other  nation.  No  wonder  the 
emigration  from  Germany  has  decreased  in 
recent  years.  The  fact  that  attending  schools  is  compulsory 
in  Germany  (and  German  schools  are  known 
to  be  the  best)  accounts  for  their  having  the 
smallest  possible  percentage  of  illiterates  among 
the  leading  nations.  The  few  who  cannot  read  or  write 
are  only  foreigners.  The  Kindergarten  idea  origi- 
nated in  Germany. 


In  order  that  general  conditions  in  Germany  and  the 
United  States  may  be  more  thoroughly  understood,  the  fol- 
lowing facts  are  interesting: 

People  in  Germany  enjoy  far  more 
liberties  than  those  in  the  United 
States,  where  religion,  prohibition 
and  Puritanism  are  dominating  factors, 
and  this  quite  in  contrast  with  the  European  nations,  ex- 
cepting England. 

In  the  United  States  everything  is  re- 
stricted on  Sundays.  There  are  .less  railway 
trains  running  all  over  the  country  than  on  weeks  days,  as 
time-tables  show ;  there  are  no  mail  deliveries 
on  Sundays,  neither  can  letters  be  registered, 
or  special  delivery  letters  delivered,  if  mailed  on  Sunday. 
There  is  only  one  mail  collection  in  the  evening.  The  post- 
office  service  in  the  United  States  is  very  poor  when  com- 
pared with  that  of  Germany,  which  is  demonstrated  by  the 
slow  delivery  of  "special"  and  "registered"  letters.  Just 
think  what  an  advantage  it  is  to  a  nation  of  67,000,000 
people  to  have  two  mail  deliveries  on  Sundays,  also  that 
the  post-office  is  open  evenings  and  on  Sundays  (excepting 
during  church  hours)  in  Germany. 


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In  the  United  States  tennis  courts  are  closed 
at  most  universities  on  Sundays,  and  even  the  theatres 
in  some  cities,  (Pittsburgh,  etc.)  and  as  one  travels  over  the 
country  one  finds  that  on  most  railway  trains  and  alto- 
gether in  certain  states  no  liquor  can  be 
served  any  day.  A  European  or  European-American, 
if  he  wants  to  travel  comfortably  in  the  United  States, 
has  to  carry  his  supply  of  beer  and  wine  with  him,  but 
in  some  states  he  would  not  even  be  allowed  to  drink  it.  In 
some  prohibition  states  one  has  not  the  right 
to  buy  more  than  one  quart  of  whiskey  per  month.  One 
further  is  not  permitted  to  keep  more  than  three  dozen 
bottles  of  beer  in  the  house.  Those  who  do  not  obey 
this  law  are  promptly  arrested.  In  some  states  the  im- 
portation of  alcoholic  drinks  is  strictly  forbidden  al- 
together. In  leading  cities  like  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and 
others,  the  serving  of  liquor  is  not 
allowed  at  all  on  Sundays,  even  in  the 
first-class  hotels  and  restaurants,  while  in  Ger- 
many everything  is  wide  open  on  Sun- 
day! It  is  the  day  of  pleasure  when  a  man  takes  out  his 
family  for  a  good  time,  and  there  are  less  crimes  and  drunk- 
ards in  Germany  than  in  the  United  States,  because  people 
do  not  abuse  these  privileges,  and  they  know  how  to  enjoy 
life.  Saloons  are  licensed  only  to  respectable  people  (some- 
times to  women,  and  the  expense  of  a  license  is  very  small). 
The  Germans  mostly  drink  beer  and  wine,  while  the 
Americans  indulge  in  whiskey.  In  this  country,  a  saloon 
license  is  issued  to  almost  anyone,  irrespective  of  character 
No  wonder  the  saloons  in  America  are  in  bad  repute — 
while  in  Germany  a  saloon  is  a  respectable  place. 


If  these  fanatical  movements,  also  the  English  disturb- 
ing influences  should  continue,  where  will  they  lead?  Owing 


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to  fanatical  laws  the  United  States  has  lost  its  charm  as 
the  land  of  liberty.  Prohibition  having  increased  of  late, 
let  us  hope  it  will  not  become  a  country  intolerable  to 
live  in! 

Inasmuch  as  Americans  are  greatly  misled  on  the  p  r  o  - 
hibitionquestion,it  may  be  of  interest  to  read  what 
Dr.MaxStein  has  to  say  in  an  article  which  appeared 
in  the  International  in  April,  1916: 

"Every  day  the  Association  for  the  Distribution  of 
Beer  in  Germany,  of  which  I  am  the  director,  sends 
one  and  a  half  million  liters  (quarts) 
of  beer  to  our  soldiers  at  the  front.  We  do  not 
consider  beer  a  luxury,  we  consider  it  a  necessity. 
(In  America  drinking  is  more  of  a  business  than  a 
pleasure.)  We  believe  that  the  health 
of  our  troops  would  suffer  greatly 
if  for  an}'  reason  the  beer  supply 
were    cut    off. 

"You  notice  that  the  men  who  have  been  foremost 
in  the  fighting  around  Verdun  are  the  Branden- 
burgers,  the  Badeners  and  the  Rhinelanders.  Those 
men  come  from  provinces  where  more  beer  and  wine 
are  consumed  than  probably  in  any  other  territory  in 
the  world.  You  can  draw  your  own  conclusions  from 
this,  as  to  whether  the  moderate  drinking  of  beer 
and  wine  destroys  the  wholesome  strength  of  the 
people  or  breaks  down  manly  virility,  as  your  fa- 
natical prohibitionist  says  they  do. 

"After  the  battles  in  the  Car- 
pathians, the  Austrian  army  was  reorganized, 
and  one  of  the  first  reforms  was 
the  introduction  of  beer  into  the 
army.  Since  the  reorganization,  you  know  that 
the  morale  of  the  Austrians  is  607r  better  than  it 
was.  I  do  not  mean  to  imply  by  this  that  the  im- 
provement is  due  to  beer,  but  beer  evidently  played 
a  part,  and  to-day    the    Austrian    mili- 


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tary  chiefs  would  no  more  think 
o  f  s  e  n  d  i  n  g  o  u  t  an  army  corps  with- 
out beer  than  it  would  without 
bread. 

"I  am  not  attempting  here  to  disparage  the  temper- 
ance movement.  Only  you  in  America  and  we  on  the 
Continent  have  an  entirely  different  view  of  what 
constitutes  temperance.  I  do  not  consider 
that  the  German  who  takes  his 
beer  with  his  meals,  nor  the 
Frenchman  who  takes  light  wine 
in    the    same    way,    is    intemperate. 

"Fermented  liquors,  the  French  soldier  is  told, 
may  be  safely  used  in  moderation.  This  is  what  we, 
on  the  Continent,  consider  real  temper- 
ance refor  m." 

If  one  feels  exhausted  from  overwork  and  sometimes  even 
gets  a  nervous  headache,  nothing  will  be  more  beneficial 
than  a  glass  of  beer.  Besides,  are  not  beer  and  wine  the  best 
beverages  to  build  up  a  run-down  constitution? 

Ninety-five  per  cent  of  the  restaurants  in  Germany  are 
first-class,  while  in  the  United  States  the  percentage  is 
extremely  small.  This  also  refers  to  dining-car  service. 
One  can  imagine  the  great  discomfort  this  is  to  Europeans 
traveling  here.  No  wonder  every  American  is  more  or 
less  troubled  with  d  y  s  p  e  p  s  i  a — something  absolutely 
unknown  in  Germany. 


Americans  do  not  know  how  to  spend  their  money  to 
get  the  most  out  of  it.  In  spite  of  their  wealth,  they  have 
not  yet  learned  how  to  enjoy  life.  American  life  is 
practically  only  a  business  life.  Everybody  is  too  busy,  and 
the  average  man  does  not  take  the  time  to  attend  to  any- 
thing else  but  business.  One  finds  people  in  general  work- 
ing up  to  an  old  age. 


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In  Germany  one  hardly  comes  in  contact  with  the  police. 
If  you  did  not  see  the  "S  c  h  u  t  z  m  a  n  n"  on  the  street 
corner,  guiding  the  traffic,  you  would  not  know  there  were 
any  policemen  in  Germany,  Indeed,  they  are  less  notice- 
able and  more  polite  than  those  in  the  United  States. 


All  things  considered,  can  the  United  States 
be  called  a  democratic  country?  Being 
a  Republic,  it  naturally  should  be 
democratic,  but,  in  fact,  is  it  not  far 
less  democratic  than  most  of  the 
European   countries  that   lead   in   culture? 

The  United  States  is  a  country  of  un- 
wise and  fanatical  laws,  where  per- 
sonal liberty  is  greatly  restricted, 
far  more  so  than  in  almost  any  Euro- 
pean countries  excepting  Russia  and 
Great  Britain  (investigation  proves  this  beyond  a 
doubt) .  The  United  States  is  a  paradise, 
but  where  almost  everything  is  ''ver- 
b  o  t  e  n."  This  refers  also  to  other  things  which  are  not 
mentioned  here.  (In  Germany  some  things  are  "verboten" 
— no  walking  on  the  railroad  tracks,  on  the  grass  in  small 
parks  in  the  crowded  cities,  or  to  play  the  piano  after  9 :00 
o'clock,  so  as  not  to  disturb  the  neighbors — but  investiga- 
tion will  prove  that  there  are  substantial  reasons  for  all 
this.) 

Why  is  this? 

Because  the  United  States  is  under  the 
influence  of  Great  Britain,  where  every- 
thing is  closed  on  Sunday,  and  one  b  hardly  allowed  to 
play  the  piano  on  Sunday.     England  gave  the  United  States 


THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 67 

countless  religious  sects,  and  are  not  the 
religious  societies  in  the  United  States  responsible  for  the 
fanatical  movements,  such  as  prohibition,  Sunday 
closing,  puritanical  laws,  etc.?  From 
the  first  day  that  the  Pilgrims  (a  religious  sect  of  whose 
fanatical  deeds  one  may  read)  set  foot  on  American  soil, 
American  liberty  and  freedom  have  been  imperiled.  Could 
this  be  proved  better  than  by  the  fact  that  Sunday  closing, 
prohibition  and  puritanical  laws  are  also  found  in  the 
Elnglish  colonies?  This  is  called  English 
liberty    and    freedom! 

Americans  generally  may  not  be  aware  of  this,  because 
they  are  brought  up  in  their  own  sphere,  and  have  not 
studied  conditions  abroad.  Americans  love  to  hear  the 
truth,  but,  on  account  of  their  being  grossly  misled  by  the 
English  press,  they  are  apt  to  be  prejudiced  against  Euro- 
pean countries,  and  especially  Germany. 

The  real  American  is  a  kind-hearted  man^  He  is  like 
a  good-natured  and  innocent  child,  born  with  a  silver  spoon 
in  his  mouth.  He  possesses  pride  of  his  country.  Being 
brought  up  in  his  own  sphere  (American  life  is  rather 
monotonous),  he  is  more  of  a  collectivist  than  an  individual 
and  original  character.  He  is  tolerant  and  easily  led.  If 
the  United  States  could  enjoy  the  influence  of  a  more  ideal 
sphere,  indeed,  the  American  would  be  the  model  citizen 
among  nations.  It  is  of  utmost  importance  to  the  United 
States  that  it  frees  itself  from  bad  influences. 


The  United  States  is  a  wonderful  country,  greatly  favored 
by  climatic  conditions.  It  should  be  made  the  land  of  liberty 
and  highest  ideals  of  mankind,  the  land  of  humanity  and 
peace,  morals,  ethics,  great  learning,  dignity,  and  wise  laws. 
As  such  it  should  stcuid  alone  instead  of  being  drawn  into 


68 THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 

the  afiFsdrs  of  other  nations  (by  English  intrigue).    Alone 
it  stands  strongest! 


Considering  the  great  waste  that  is  constantly 
going  on  in  the  United  States,  its  great 
wealth  is  mainly  due  to  the  wonderful 
crops.  There  is  hardly  one  bad  crop 
in  twenty  years  (how  different  when  compared 
with  the  crops  in  European  countries,  and  this  is  the  reason 
why  farming  in  Germany  is  more  on  a  scientific  basis). 
What  would  America  be  without  favorable  weather  con- 
ditions ? 


In  Germany  the  government  protects 
the  personal  rights  of  every  individual 
against  attacks  and  slander  by 
the  press,  and  even  goes  so  far  as  to  suppress 
matters  of  a  personal  character.  All  this  is  done  for  the 
protection  of  the  people,  while  in  the  United 
States,  as  we  all  know,  the  newspapers  attack 
a  citizen  in  a  most  shameful  manner,  just  to 
fill  the  pages  with  gossip  and  scandal  for  its  readers, 
and  indeed  the  press  appears  to  rule 
the  country  as  the  grafters  rule 
politics,  from  the  lowest  constable 
up    to    the    highest    official. 


Why  not  let  us  adopt  the  best  from  every  country  of  the 
world  ?  Let  us  make  America,  so  wonderfully  and  happily 
situated,  the  ideal  country  that  our  forefathers  intended  it 
to  be,  instead  of  having  it  run  on  undemocratic  and  un- 
American  principles! 

Let  it  be  true  Americamsm — Americanism,  not  as  it  is. 


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but  as  it  should  be,  with  the  highest  standard  of  liberty 
and  freedom,  in  the  German  sense  of  the  word! 


Houston  Stewart  Chamberlain  even  says:  ''A  liberty 
that  is  not  German  is  no  libert  y." 

Do  you  know  that  Germany  is  the  most 
democratic  country  in  the  world,  much 
more  so  than  England,  where  only  one  per- 
son in  six,  on  an  average,  is  privileged  to  vote? 
The  very  poor,  whose  house  or  tenement  has  not  at  least 
an  annual  rental  value  of  ten  pounds  sterling,  have  no 
vote.  In  Germany  every  major  has  the  right  to  vote 
for  the  Reichstag  (there  are  some  restrictions  in  local  elec- 
tions in  Prussia).  There  are  in  England  2,000,000  paupers 
of  a  degree  of  poverty  of  which  there  are  none  to  be  found 
in  Germany,  while  there  are  in  England  13,000,000  (nearly 
one-third  of  the  entire  population)  on  or  below  the  poor  line. 

The  fact  that  there  is  no  judicial  body  which  can  uphold 
the  rights  of  the  individual  against  an  act  of  Parliament, 
shows  how  undemocratic  Great  Britain  is.  In  spite  of  her 
civil  liberties,  England  is  farther  away 
from  democracy  than  any  other  coun- 
try. Germany,  on  the  other  hand,  is 
the  bearer  and  apostle  of  a  true  demo- 
cracy. The  government  and  the  people  work  together. 
The  workingman  has  a  freedom  of  justice,  unequaled 
perhaps  in  any  other  land,  and  in  the  United  States 
almost  completely  unknown.  Political  freedom  is  seen 
in  the  fact  that  the  Social  Democrats  form  the  largest 
single  party  in  the  Reichstag,  and  are  only  defeated  by  a 
combination  of  other  parties.  In  the  Reichstag  there  are 
110  Socialists,  representing  the  workingman.  In  the 
United  States  Congress  only  one,  which  proves  that   the 


70 THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 

wo.rkingman    in    this    country     is     not 
represented. 

It  may  be  surprising  for  Americans  to  learn  that  the 
much-hated  and  despised  so-called  German  Mili- 
tarism, in  other  words  "the  German  Army,"  is 
the  most  democratic  institution  in 
existence,  with  equal  opportunities  for  every  one,^ 
m.erit  and  ability  being  the  only  factors  that  count,  of 
course,  depending  on  a  certain  degree  of  education.  And 
it  is  this  spirit  that  pervades  all  Germany.  There  is 
no    politics,    no    pull! 


Do  you  know  that  Germanyistheonlycountry 
in  the  world  where  graft  is  practi- 
cally unknown?  It  is  for  this  very 
reason  that  Germans  in  America  do 
not  take  any  active  interest  in  poli- 
tics, as  graft,  corruption,  and  dis- 
honesty are  contrar}-  to  their  nature 
and    education. 


In  the  House  of  Commons,  which  has 
remained  plutocratic,  the  members  chiefly 
consist  of  large  land  owners,  mine  owners,  manufacturers, 
merchants,  bankers,  directors  of  limited  companies,  news- 
paper editors,  successful  barristers,  younger  sons  of  earls 
and  dukes;  there  is  occasionally  a  workman  or  artisan, 
but  in.  the  German  Reichstag  nearly 
every  trade  is  represented,  most  of 
them  several  times.  One  finds  there  businessmen  of 
every  social  grade,  journalists  and  authors,  frequently 
men  of  very  modest  means  indeed,  school-teachers  and 
clergymen,    librarians    and    physicians,    officials    high    and 


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low,  small  farmers,  shopkeepers,  and  so  forth.  T  h  e 
Reichstag  embraces  the  entire  Ger- 
man nation  from  prince  to  peasant, 
but  the  English  House  of  Commons  only 
the  upper  ten  thousand.  If  the  House  of 
Commons  is  a  committee  of  landed  and  industrial  wealth, 
the  cabinet  is  like  a  committee  of  that  committee. 

The  German  system  knows  no  abso- 
lutism, either  of  the  monarch  or  the  Cabinet 
or  Parliament.  Gustaf  F.  Stefen,  the  well- 
known  Swedish  student  of  the  constitutional 
history  of  England,  writes  in  a  book  entitled 
''War  and  Culture" :  ''The  Foreign  Secre- 
tary is  a  perfect  autocrat  in  the  way 
he  guides  the  foreign  policy  of  the 
Governmen  t." 

An  American  wrote  in  the  Outlook  as  follows : 
"A  system  which  will  permit  the  Prime  Minister,  without 
the  knowledge  of  other  members  of  his  Cabinet,  to  con- 
clude agreements  which  implicate  his  nation  in  war,  is 
not  to  my  liking." 

Foreign  opinions  of  this  kind  can  be  adduced  in  plenty. 
They  show  that  faith  in  English  liberty  is  shaken  in 
foreign  countries,  but  it  is  only  natural  that  one  day  the 
world  should  know  that  the  greatest  nation  of  conquerors 
and  lordly  rulers  in  the  world's  history,  in  their  native 
land  also,  regard  freedom  as  the  sole  privilege  and  monopo- 
ly of  the  ruling  caste ;  one  often  hears  it  said  that  Great 
Britain  merely  exists  for  the  benefit 
of  one  hundred  thousand  of  her 
aristocrats    (ten    thousand    families). 

The  American  philosopher,  Ralph  W.  Emerson, 
puts  it  tersely  thus : 


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"England,  Scotland  and  Ireland  combine  to  check 
the  colonies.  England  and  Scotland  combine  to 
check  Irish  manufacture  and  trade.  England  rallies 
at  home  to  check  Scotland.  In  England  the  stronger 
classes  check  the  weaker." 


One  often  hears  the  remark,  "What  a  wonderful 
colonizer  England  is,  and  that  Germany's  coloniza- 
tion is  a  failure."  This,  as  everything  else  which  one  reads 
unfavorable  about  Germany,  is  "played  up"  all  the  time 
by  the  English  newspapers, — a  scheme  to  make 
people    feel    friendly    toward    England. 

However,  the  facts  are  contrary!  In  the  first  place,  be- 
fore the  war,  Germany  had  hardly  any  colonies  to  speak 
of.  Germany  was  too  occupied  during  the  Thirty  Years' 
War  to  acquire  colonies  as  other  nations 
did  at  that  time,  therefore,  in  recent  years  she  took  some 
unoccupied  land  in  Africa  which  nobody  claimed  hereto- 
fore, and  which  was  inhabited  by  natives.  She  also 
leased  Kiau-Chou  from  China,  which 
she  turned  intjO  a  pearl  of  a  colony 
among    nations,    as    is    well     known. 

Wherever  a  German  goes  one  finds 
culture,  and  there  is  no  culture  that 
compares  with  the  German.  What 
wiould  the  United  States  be  without 
the  Germans?  Was  it  not  the  Ger- 
man farmer  that  opened  up  this 
country  ? 

Regarding  the  English  style  of  colonization,  we  only 
know  how  cruelly  she  treated  most  of  her  colonies;  for 
instance,  in  India  the  people  have  been 
kept    down    to    a     state    of    poverty    and 


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savageness.  This  she  did  with  most  of  her 
colonies  (except  those  of  Anglo-Saxon  Blood) — but  how 
did  she  treat  Ireland? 

It  is  shameful  how  England  has  treated  India.  In  spite 
of  her  immense  natural  wealth,  India  is  in  the  most  de- 
plorable condition  of  all  great  nations.  She  is  the  second 
largest  cotton-producing  country  in  the  world  (with  a 
production  of  3,500,000  bales),  but  India  has  to  pay 
3^%  tax  on  her  own  product  of  cotton  yarn,  while  over 
$200,000,000  worth  of  cotton  products  and  yarn  is  im- 
ported free  from  England  annually. 

England  spends  only  $16,000,000  per  annum  on  the 
education  of  the  330,000,000  people  in  India. 

120,000,000  of  her  people  are  not  able  to  spend  20  cents 
a  person  per  annum  for  clothing;  not  4%  to  5%  of  her 
people  are  able  to  enjoy  a  cup  of  tea  a  day. 

On  the  contrary,  Germany,  by  spending  a  great  deal  of 
time  and  money,  has  put  her  colonies  in  a  flourishing 
state.    This  is  also  due  to  wise  laws  and  liberal  treatment. 

The  enforcing  of  the  opium  trade 
upon  China  is  one  of  the  worst  acts 
in    England's    history. 


In  like  manner  as  opinion  about 
England's  parliamentarism  and  so- 
called  English  freedom  is  changing, 
the  world  will  arrive  in  due  course  at 
a  knowledge  of  political  conditions  in 
Germany. 

It  is  further  interesting  for  Americans  to  know  that 
German  government  officials  are 
appointed  for  life,  and  cannot  be 
discharged,    except    on    criminal    im- 


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peachment,  or  if  they  revolt  against  the  constitu- 
tional government.  They  even  receive  pensions  at  their 
old  age.  Think  of  w^hat  tremendous  importance  this  is 
to  the  stability  of  the  government  and  the  country! 

Every  year,  almost  every  month,  some  professor  in  the 
United  States  is  driven  from  his  chair  in  university  or 
school  for  having  committed  the  sin  of  daring  to  think 
contrary  to  the  financial  interests  of  his  institution.  In 
Germany,  such  a  situation  is  almost  unthinkable.  This 
means  that  the  professors,  teachers, 
state  and  city  officials,  for  example, 
iiold  their  positions  as  long  as  they 
are  capable  of  performing  the  duties 
of  their  office.  In  the  smaller  colleges  or 
schools  of  the  United  States  a  worse  state  of  affairs  ex- 
ists. There,  teachers  are  not  so  often  expelled  owing  to 
the  freedom  of  their  thoughts;  they  are  scarcely  allowed 
to  think  at  all,  because  they  know,  if  they  lose  their  posi- 
tions, it  will  be  difficult  to  secure  another.  In  Germany, 
if  for  one  reason  or  another  a  teacher  wants  to  change 
his  position  (or  loses  it),  the  government  is  under  obliga- 
tion to  give  him  another. 

At  a  conference  called  this  year  to  promote  freedom  of 
teaching  in  America,  President  Pritchett 
of  Carnegie  Foundation  stated  that,  in 
nine  cases  out  of  ten,  the  trustees  of  American  colleges 
are    chosen     for    financial    reasons    only. 


In  almost  all  branches  of  thought, 
professors  in  German  universities 
are  the  most  daring  and  advanced 
thinkers  in  the  world.  In  matters  of  re- 
ligion, all  schools  of  thought  turn  to  Germany  on  account 


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of  her  progressive  thinking.  In  economics  and  in  science 
of  government,  the  Socialists  of  the  Chair  are  equally 
well  known. 


The  same  conditions  prevail  outside  of  the  university. 
A  large  portion  of  the  free  thought  and 
free  literature  of  the  world  comes 
from  Germany.  Occasionally,  it  is  true,  one 
hears  of  a  Socialist  paper  being  suspended  in  Germany, 
but  in  America  radical  papers  are  hounded  out  of  exist- 
ence by  the  post-office.  Radical  agitators, 
labor  leaders,  beyond  all  possibility 
of  denial,  are  more  often  arrested 
and  imprisoned  for  their  utterances 
in  America  than  in  any  civilized 
country,  unless  it  be  Russia.  The 
lack  of  free  speech  in  America  is 
one  of  the  greatest  questions  of  the 
day.  Some  people  even  consider  it  the  greatest 
question.  He  who  doubts  this  has  never  read  the  radical 
press  of  America,  and  should  read  *'The  Land  of  Free- 
dom, A  Study  of  Facts,"  by  Dr.  W.  D.  P.  Bliss. 


Liberty  of  preaching  in  churches  of  Germany  and  in 
the  United  States,  if  such  really  exists  in  our  country, 
is  out  of  proportion  altogether.  The  fact  is  that  Ger- 
many is  a  very  nursery  of  every  kind  of  new  thought. 
This  is  especially  true  of  advanced  scientific  thought.  In 
1910  some  15,540  technical  and  scientific  books  were 
issued  in  the  world.  Of  these,  2,000  were  French  ;  2,100 
were  in  English  (English  and  American)  ;  10,400  were 
German.  Therefore,  he  who  does 
not  read  German  does  not  keep 
abreast    with     the    world's    adxanced 


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thought.  He  who  questions  the  free- 
dom of  German  thinking  simply  brands 
himself  as  being  unacquainted  with 
the    best    scholarship. 

It  is  characteristic  of  American  education  that  children 
are  brought  up  without  respect  for  their  parents  and 
teachers ;  especially  is  it  noticeable  that  the  younger  genera- 
tion do  not  respect  their  elders.  The  standard  of  educa- 
tion in  the  United  States  lacks  thoroughness.  The  students 
study  something  of  everything,  but  lack  deep  knowledge  of 
any  one  subject. 


Can  one  realize  the  effect  of  the  wonderful  so-called 
''merchant  law"  in  Germany,  which  enables  even  the  poor 
man  to  enter  a  claim  that  involves  a  very  small  amount  of 
money,  at  a  very  nominal  court  cost,  and  is  disposed  of  in 
a  few  weeks? 


Germany,  the  land  of  the  world's 
wisest  and  most  advanced  laws,  is 
also  the  land,  where  the  greatest 
amount  of  personal  liberty  is  enjoyed. 
Thus  Germany,  as  measured  by  facts, 
is    the    land    of    personal    freedom. 


"Academic  freedom"  is  a  phrase  of 
German  origin.  Every  American  scholar  knows  that  in 
1913  Ex-President  Charles  W.  Eliot  of 
Harvard  University  pointed  out  facts 
when  he  said : 

"No  thinking  has  been  so  wide,  so  deep,  so  un- 
fettered, so  free,  as  German  thinking.  Two  great 
doctrines  which  had  sprung  from  the  German 
Protestant   Reformation,   had   been   developed   by 


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Germans  from  seed  then  plsuited  in  Germany.  The 
first  was  the  doctrine  of  universal  education  devel- 
oped from  the  Protestant  conception  of  individual 
responsibility,  and  the  second  was  the  great  doc- 
trine of  civil  liberty;  liberty  in  industries,  in  society, 
in  government,  liberty  Math  order,  under  law." 

In    regard    to    German     academic     freedom,     Professor 
Eliot  said  in  1913 : 

''This  academic  freedom  meant  emancipation 
from  tradition,  and  prejudice,  and  from  authority 
whether  governmental  or  ecclesiastical.  The  Teu- 
tonic peoples  set  higher  value  on  truth  in  speech, 
thought  and  action  than  any  other  people.  They 
love  truth;  they  seek  it;  they  woo  it  America  is 
more  indebted  to  Germany  than  to  any  other  nation 
because  the  range  of  Germsoi  research  has  been 
wider  and  deeper  than  any  nation." 


Shortly  before  the  war,  Mr.  H  .  G .  Wells,  in  his 
book  entitled  "Social  Forces  in  England  and 
A  m  e  r  i  c  a,"  wrote  as  follows : 

"We,  in  Great  Britain,  are  now  intensely 
jealous  of  Germany.  We  are  intensely 
jealous  of  Germany  not  only  because  the  Germans 
outnumber  us,  and  have  a  much  larger  and  more 
diversified  country  than  ours,  and  lie  in  the  very  heart 
and  body  of  Europe,  but  because  in  the  last  hundred 
years  while  we  have  fed  on  platitudes  and  vanity,  they 
have  had  the  energy  and  humility  to  develop 
a  splendid  system  of  national 
education,  to  toil  at  science  and 
art  and  literature,  to  develop 
social    organization,    to   master    and 


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better    our    methods    of    business 
and    industry,    and    to     clamber 
above    us    in    the    scale    of    civiliza- 
tion.   This  has  humiliated  and  irritated  rather  than 
chastened  us."    Mr,  Wells  informed  us  further  that 
one    must    learn    German    "if    one 
would    be    abreast    of    scientific 
knowledge    and    philosophical 
thought,    or    see    many    good    plays 
or    understand    the    contemporary 
m  i  n  d." 
Since   the   commencement   of   the   war,    Mr.    Wells    has 
changed  his  tune.    He  now  says : 

"That  trampling,  drilling  foolery  in  the  heart  of 
Europe,  that  has  arrested  civilization  for  forty  years, 
German  imperialism  and  German  militarism,  has 
struck  its  inevitable  blow." 


David   Graham   Phillips,   the  American   author, 
had  the  following  to  say : 

"We  inherited  a  little  of  our  civilization  from 
France;  but  unfortunately,  more  from  England.  I 
think  the  strongest  desire  I  have  is  to  see  my 
country  shake  off  the  English  in- 
fluence —  the  self-righteousness, 
the  snobbishness  .  .  .  They  put  snobbishness 
into  their  church  service  and  create  a  snob-god  who 
calls  some  Englishmen  to  be  1  o  r  d  s  ,  and  others  to  be 
servants.  In  New  York,  in  one  class  with  which 
my  business  compels  me  to  have  much  to  do,  the 
craze  for  imitating  England  is  rampant.  It  is  absurd 
how  they  try  to  erect  snobbishness  into  a  virtue." 


Do  not  these  utterances  of  an  Ex-President  of  the  great- 


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est  university  of  the  United  States  and  other  prominent  men 
prove  that  Germany  is  the  land  of  truth  in 
which  one  finds  incorporated  the  highest 
ideals  of  freedom  and  liberty,  and  which,  so  far 
as  history  proves,  have  not  been  found  in  any  other  nation? 
And  these  ideal  conditions  which 
ha\e  existed  in  Germany  for  many 
years,  have  been  grossly  mis- 
represented to  the  world  at  large 
through  England's  system  of  spread- 
ing lies,  and  her  persistent  efforts 
to  destroy  Germany  morally,  ethically, 
and    socially. 

Those  who  take  a  stand  against  Germany — the  land 
of    truth    and    liberty  —  are    badly    misinformed. 


In    1797    Thomas    Jefferson  said : 

"I  do  sincerely  wish  that  we  could  take  our  stand  on 
a  ground  perfectly  neutral  and  independent  towards  all 
nations.  But  they  (the  English)  have  wished  a 
monopoly  of  commerce  and  influence  with  us ;  and  they 
have  in  fact  obtained  it.  .  .  .  If  anything  after  this 
could  excite  surprise,  it  would  be  that  they  have  been 
able  so  far  to  throw  dust  in  the  eyes  of  our  own  citizens. 
They  possess  our  printing  presses,  a 
powerful  engine  in  their  government  of  us.  .  .  .  At 
this  very  moment  they  would  have  drawn  us 
into  a  war  on  the  side  of  England,  had  it 
not  been  for  the  failure  of  her  bank." 


Is  it  any  wonder  that  Mr.  John  Swinton,  a  lifelong 
newspaper  man,  in  response  to  an  address  "The  Independ- 
ent Press,"  before  the  New  York  Press  Association,  said : 


80 THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 

"There  is  no  such  thing  in  America  as  an  Independent 
press,  unless  it  is  in  the  country  towns.  You  know  it 
and  I  know  it.  There  is  not  one  of  you  who 
dare  express  an  honest  opinion.  If  you 
express  it  you  know  beforehand  that  it  would  never 
appear  in  print.  I  am  paid  $150.00  per  week  for 
keeping  my  honest  opinions  out  of  the 
paper  I  am  connected  with.  Others  of  you  are 
paid  similar  salaries  for  doing  similar  things.  If  I 
should  permit  honest  opinions  to  be  printed  in  one 
issue  of  my  paper,  like  Othello,  before  twenty-four 
hours  my  occupation  would  be  gone.  The  man  who 
would  be  so  foolish  as  to  write  honest  opinions  would 
be  out  on  the  street  hunting  for  another  job.  The 
business  of  the  New  York  journalist  is 
to  distort  the  truth,  to  lie  outright,  to 
pervert,  to  vilify,  to  fawn  at  the  feet  of  Mammon  and 
to  sell  his  country  and  race  for  his  daily  bread,  or,  for 
what  is  about  the  same  thing,  his  salary.  You  know 
this  and  I  know  it;  and  what  foolery  to  be  toasting  an 
'Independent  Press.'  We  are  tools  and  the  vassals  of 
rich  men  behind  the  scenes.  We  are  jumping-jacks. 
They  pull  the  string  and  we  dance.  Our  time,  our  talents, 
our  lives,  our  possibilities,  all  are  the  property  of  other 
men.     We    are   intellectual    prostitute  s." 


With  the  permission  of  Mr.  Poultney  Bigelow,  the 
American  author,  I  herewith  quote  extracts  from  letters 
written  to  him  in  1914  by  Sir  Roger  Casement 
(that  noble  soul! — on  whose  head  the  British  Government 
placed  a  premium  and  who  died  for  his  country,  because 
he  knew  too  many  of  her  secrets),  and  revealing  many 
interesting  points  which  were  heretofore  unknown : 

"This   war   is   the    Crime   of   all   the   Ages — and    I 


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blame  not  the  Kaiser  or  Germany  —  but 
chiefly  England  who  has  plotted  and 
planned  it  from  the  days  of  the  first  big  German 
battleship. 

"Her  present  campaign  against  Germany  is  hypo- 
critical and  mendacious.  She  aims  at  one  thing  only — 
to  destroy  German  competition ;  to  destroy 
German  peaceful  rivalry;  to  sweep  from 
her  path  the  only  great  commercial  people  in  Europe 
whose  integrity  and  capacity  and  efficiency  she  dreads. 

*'To  France  she  gave  Morocco  (which  was  not 
hers  to  give,  and  violates  her  own  Treaty — the  Act  of 
Algeciras)  as  hiring  price  in  the  anti-German  prize 
ring.  To  Russia  she  hands  over  Northern  and  Middle 
Persia  which  were  not  hers  to  give.  She  now  medi- 
tates the  crime  of  the  centuries — to  destroy  the  civiliza- 
tion and  industry  of  Central  Europe  and  replace 
Germanic  culture  with  Russian  ignorance  and  tyranny. 

"England  has  ruined  Irelan  d — morally,  finan- 
cially and  physically.  She  has  degraded  and  demoral- 
ized the  people — destroyed  their  language,  their  culture, 
their  music — everything  in  fine  that  stands  for  the 
soul  of  a  nation;  she  has  robbed  them  through  the 
centuries  and  most  of  all  in  the  last  century  (as  Lord 
MacDonnell  put  it,  *at  least  £320,000,000  sterling'). 

"I  repeat  I  earnestly  pray  for  Germany's  triumph 
over  British  greed,  French  revenge,  Russian  dominance, 
Servian  assassination,  and  Japanese  'chivalry.* 

"If  the  Almighty  has  a  drop  of  Protestant  blood  in 
his  veins  he  will  be  on  the  side  of  Germany  in  this 
war,  of  the  most  peace-loving  people  of  Europe  fighting 
for  their  national  life,  their  industry,  their  commerce — 
their  existence  as  a  great  race. 


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"England  fights  for  one  thing  only  — 
her  interests  as  the  World  Emporium. 
She  has  two  ends  in  view — first,  to  destroy  Germany  as  a 
rival ;  second,  to  rope  the  United  States  of  America  into 
an  alliance  of  World  partnership  in  the  Emporium  line. 

"She  will  fail  in  No.  1  ultimately  even  if  she  wins  now. 
Germany  is  too  great,  has  too  good  blood  in  her  veins. 

"But  England  may  succeed  in  No.  2.  I  see  the  signs 
of  surrender  here  on  all  sides.  The  virus  of 
British  Imperialism  is  being  inocu- 
lated steadily  —  already  the  press  is 
thoroughly  poisoned  and  most  of  the 
politicians  and  so-called  'public  men.' 

"Unless  the  United  States  makes  up  its  mind  to 
fight,  if  need  be,  for  its  neutrality,  Great  Britain  will 
destroy  its  neutrality  and  compel  it  to  take  sides 
against  the  'enemy  of  civilization.' 

"Let  the  German  navy  score,  by  chance,  any  decided 
naval  victory,  and  we  shall  find  a  concerted  yell  for 
help  sent  up  throughout  all  the  'American  press.'  'Com- 
mon ideals,'  'our  Anglo-Saxon  heritage  of  culture,'  'the 
cause  of  human  freedom,'  etc.,  etc., — all  these  will  be 
at  stake — and  a  deliberate  effort  will  be  made  to 
stampede  this  people  into  the  camp  of  the  Allies. 

"The  plans  are  already  drawn  up  and  everything  pre- 
pared and  laid.  I  am  as  certain  of  it  as  I  was  three. years 
ago  that  this  war  against  Germany  would  be  brought  off. 

"And  if  it  succeeds  it  will  end  this  republic.  It  will 
turn  this  country  into  a  vassal  State  to  that  one  holding 
the  Empire  of  the  Seas. 

"Until  there  is  freedom  at  Sea;  equality  of  Sea  rights 
for  all ;  equal  opportunity ;  and  Navalism  recognized  as 


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a  greater  foe  to  Humanity  than  Militarism  there  can  be 
no  peace  to  mankind." 


It  would  be  unwise  for  Germany  to  give  up  B  e  1  g  i  u  m — 
so  dearly  fought  for.  Every  inch  of  ground  added  to  the 
mother  country  means  so  much  more  strength  for  Ger- 
many's future,  and  correspondingly  weakens  her  enemies. 

Colonies  are  of  but  relative  value  in  times  of  war. 
Colonies,  Germany  may  acquire  by  a  stroke  of  the  pen, 
but  for  every  inch  of  ground  near  her  border,  she  would 
have  to  pay  dearly  if  she  had  to  conquer  it  anew.  One  inch 
of  ground  gained  at  home  is  worth  a  hundred  times  its  value 
in  colonies.  The  possession  of  Belgium  is  for  peace-loving 
Germany  of  incalculable  value ! 

If  Germany  keeps  conquered  Belgium,  also  Russian 
Poland  and  other  territory  which  she  occupies,  this  will 
insure  peace  for  many  years  to  come  and  solve  the  great 
peace  question  of  to-day.  What  nations  would  dare  to 
attack  greater  Germany? 


Have  you  read  the  great  book  "England  or 
Germany?"  by  Frank  Harris  ( Wilmarth  Press, 
1416  Broadway,  New  York)  ?  By  all  means  one  should 
read  it,  as  it  is  a  book  of  truth,  throwing  light  on 
so-called  English  liberty  and  freedom  and  English  laws. 
(It  contains  many  things  of  which  I  have  not  written  in  this 
book.)  His  opinions  on  French  and  German  culture 
are  exceedingly  instructive.  Mr.  Harris  is  an  American 
who,  for  the  past  twenty-five  years,  has  been  the  publisher, 
editor  and  owner  of  England's  leading  publications,  and  he 
writes  impartially  of  facts  he  knows  because  he  has  lived 
them.  Some  of  his  statements  are  astonishing  when  he  says : 
''Great      Britain     is     among     the     least 


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free  of  modern  nations.  Her  chief  titles  to 
esteem  belong  to  the  past.  Great  Britain  is 
an  oligarchy  with  all  theworst  vices 
of    despotic    rule. 

"It  is  undoubtedly  the  German  paste  in  the  English 
character  which  is  responsible  for  the  maintenance  of 
this  hereditary  nobility,  and  for  the  aristocratic  color 
of  all  English  society.  There  is  an  immense  intellectual 
middle-class  in  Germany  which  criticises  the  nobility 
from  the  heights  of  knowledge.  It  is  the  German 
school,  the  German  university,  even  more  than  the 
army,  which  forms  the  animating  spirit  of  the  people. 

"I  tried  to  believe  for  years  that  the  British  aris- 
tocracy had  manners  and  taste,  but  I  was  gradually 
forced  to  admit  that  their  detachment  from  work  and 
devotion  to  sense-enjoyment  had  dwarfed  and  stunted 
their  appreciation  even  of  art. 

"The  right  of  free  speech  or  free 
writing  and  printing  has  been  limited  in  Great 
Britain  by  the  most  stringent  libel  laws  ever  framed. 
The  British  law  is  ridiculous  in  its  hatred  of  truth  and 
dislike  of  free  speech.  There  is  much  less 
freedom  of  speech  to-day  in  England 
than  there  is  in  Russia.  The  libel  law  of 
Great  Britain  is  a  disgrace  to  the  lawgivers  and  judges 
who  have  framed  it,  and  to  the  people  who  have  ac- 
cepted it.  It  is  drawn  up  simply  to  protect  the 
rich  and  powerful  from  any  word  of  criticism,  true 
or  false,  and  is  sufficient  to  prove  that  England 
prefers   money  to  truth   and  liberty. 

"In  England  you  have  a  hundred  petty  despots  called 
judges  who  can  and  do  commit  innocent 
persons  to  prison  without  form  of  trial 


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and  without  any  possibility  of  redress. 
England  is  the  only  country  in  Europe  where  the 
innocent  are  sent  to  prison  without  trial  and  kept 
there  in  defiance  of  justice.  It  is  a  mere  truism  to 
say  that  no  justice  can  be  looked  for  in 
England  by  a  poor  man  when  any  member  of 
the  titled  aristocracy,  or  indeed  any  rich  man,  is  op- 
posed to  him  in  a  case. 

"This  self-styled  land  of  liberty  is 
the  only  country  in  Europe  where  that  form  of 
chattel-slavery,  known  as  imprisonment  for 
debt,  still  flourishes.  Under  this  provision  some  twelve 
thousand  persons  are  annually  sent  to  prison  in  Great 
Britain  by  the  be-wigged  Solons  and  half  of  these 
criminals  are  imprisoned  for  sums  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars !  The  debtor  is  sent  to  prison  for  not  paying  an 
installment  and  so  can  be  sent  to  prison  a  dozen  times 
for  the  same  petty  debt.  The  barbarous 
stupidity  of  such  judgments  and  judges 
seems  to  strike  no  one  in  England.  The 
facts  seldom  get  into  the  papers  and 
never  call  forth  any  comment.  English 
laws  have  in  many  respects  become  harsher  in  the  last 
forty  or  fifty  years,  and  English  judges  to-day  do  worse 
than  ruin  men  for  accidents  beyond  their  control. 
Semi-starvation  is  a  part  of  the  prison 
regime  in  England.  In  England  prac- 
tically every  article  of  food  is  adult- 
erated. Only  the  other  day  they  passed  a  short 
law  giving  the  right  to  judges  to  confine  any  one  whom 
they  regarded  as  an  'habitual  offender,'  to  prison  for 
the  rest  of  his  life.  This  disgraceful  law  is  the  lowest 
depth  reached  by  any  legislature  in  Christendom  for 
the  last  century  and  a  half. 


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"Mere  facts  show  that  the  English  Bankruptcy  laws 
stand  alone  in  the  world  as  the  most  barbarous,  the 
most  iniquitous  ever  framed. 

"Heine  says :  'No  tyrant  was  ever  so  bar- 
barous  as   the   English   laws/ 

"If  Heine  was  justified,  and  I  think  he  was,  what  can 
be  said  for  English  freedom ?  England  lags 
hopelessly  behind  the  foremost  civil- 
ized   countries. 

"Mr.  Sidney  Webb,  the  highest  author- 
ity on  conditions  of  the  poor  in  England, 
writes  of  it  as  follows : 

'Underneath  the  feet  of  the  whole  wage-earning 
class  is  the  abyss  of  the  Poor  Law.  I  see  before 
me  a  respectable  family  applying  for  relief.  What  do 
we  do  to  them?  We,  the  Government  of  England, 
break  up  the  family.  We  strip  each  individual  of  what 
makes  life  worth  living.  When  the  man  enters  the 
workhouse  he  is  stripped  of  his  citizenship — branded 
as  too  infamous  to  vote  for  a  member  of  Parliament. 
Once  in  the  workhouse,  we  put  him  to  toil  or  to  loiter 
under  conditions  that  are  so  demoralizing  that  we  turn 
him  into  a  wastrel.  And  we  strip  the  wife  of  her 
children.  We  send  her  to  the  wash-tub  or  the  sewing- 
room,  where  she  associates  with  prostitutes  and  im- 
beciles. The  little  children,  if  they  are  under"  five,  are 
taken  to  the  workhouse  nursery,  where  they  also  are 
tended  by  prostitutes  and  imbeciles.  There  they  re- 
main, day  after  day,  without  ever  going  down  the 
workhouse  steps  until  they  are  old  enough  to  go  to  the 
Poor  Law  School,  or  until  they  are  taken  down  in 
their  coffins,   owing  to   the  terrible   mortality   among 


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workhouse  babies.'  After  this  nothing  further  need  be 
s^id  of  British  justice  or  British  magnanimity. 

"The  most  poisonous  development  in  the  legislation 
of  the  last  hundred  years  is  the  growth  of  joint- 
stock  companies.  For  twenty-five  years  neither 
the  promoter  nor  the  directors  were  held  responsible 
for  the  misstatements  published  in  the  prospectuses 
they  issued  by  the  million.  Lies  are  sacred  as  the  chief 
stock  in  trade  of  the  robbers.  He  may  even  declare 
what  dividends  he  finds  most  likely  to  win  more  clients 
and  finally,  under  one  pretext  or  another,  he  can 
pocket  the  money  entrusted  to  him,  and  declare  the 
company  bankrupt.  He  is  then  free  to  begin  the  game 
again  in  the  next  street. 

"In  France  and  in  Germany,  there  is  careful  State 
supervision  of  joint-stock  companies,  and  the  attempt 
to  swindle  is  made  difficult  and  dangerous,  but  in 
London,  such  a  swindle  would  be  almost  sure  to  pass 
unnoticed.  The  robbers,  so  long  as  they  appear  to  have 
money,  are  given  every  license  by  the  English  law. 

**As  to  corruption  in  England,  I  could  fill  a  volume 
with  facts  gathered  in  a  quarter  of  a  century  spent  in 
journalism  in  London ;  facts  which  it  was  impossible 
to  publish  in  Great  Britain  where  truth  itself  is  held  to 
be  a  libel.  There  is,  in  ray  opinion,  more  com- 
mercial dishonesty  and  more  political 
'graft'  as  well,  to  be  found  in  England 
in  a  day  than  in  the  United  States  in  a 
month   or   in    France   in   a   year. 

"The  famous  purchase  of  the  Suez  Canal  shares 
was  never  even  scrutinized,  and  yet  it  would  have 
repaid  investigation. 

"But  in  spite  of  the  'muzzling'  of  the  press 


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in  England,  every  now  and  then  some  swindle 
leaks  out  and  from  its  enormity  any  thinker  must 
draw  dreadful  inferences  which  he  dare  not  pub- 
^    li  s  h  or  even  hint  at  in  any  English  publication. 

"Roughly  speaking,  Americans  have  decided  that  the 
Allies  must  win  because  they  outnumber  the  Germans 
and  Austrians  by  three  to  one.  The  Germans 
will  fight  to  the  last  German,  the  Bel- 
gians to  the  last  Belgian,  and  the 
Britons  to  the  last  —  Frenchman.  Now 
Americans  are  beginning  to  realize  that  England 
wanted  Germany's  trade  and  was  jeal- 
ous of  her  astounding  growth  in  in- 
dustry, commerce  and  naval  power. 

"The  reputation  of  Germany  has  already  grown 
out  of  all  calculation.  For  a  century  or  more  to  come 
it  will  probably  be  regarded  as  the  model  State, 
and  its  institutions  will  be  imitated, 
its  institutions  copied,  all  the  forms  of  it 
aped  and  assimilated  while  the  informing  spirit  of  it 
may  pass  almost  unappreciated. 

''After  the  war  Germeui  valor  and  German  virtue 
will  be  lauded  to  the  skies;  in  fact,  everything  Ger- 
man will  have  an  added  value  and  take  on  a  new 
lustre.  I  regard  German  virtue,  that  is,  German  effi- 
ciency and  German  valor,  as  the  highest  in  the  Euro- 
pean world  to-day;  I  do  not  believe  that  Germany  can 
be  beaten  by  the  Allies. 

"There  are  no  ideals  in  England,  no  en- 
thusiasm, no  high  appreciation  of  art 
or   literature,    no   impersonal    striving. 

"Ever  since  the  iniquitous  South  African  war  I  have 
felt   that   England's   success   and   England's   material 


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prosperity  taken  together  with  her  low  spiritual  ideal 
constitute  the  gravest  danger  to  the  cause  of  civiliza- 
tion in  the  world! 

**I  have  always  felt  that  England  is  the 
real  enemy  of  civilization,  for  more 
than  a  hundred  years  now  the  chief  ob- 
stacle to  the  humanization  of  man.  I 
have  asserted  that  life  in  Germany  is 
freer   than    life   in    England    or    France. 

"The  status  of  educated  women  is  compara- 
tively high  in  France  and  Germany,  and  low  in  Eng- 
land. The  highly  educated  class  is  thrice  as  large  in 
Germany  in  proportion  to  population  as  it  is  in  France 
and  at  least  ten  times  more  than  it  is  in  Great  Britain. 
"One  result  of  the  widely  diffused  and  better  educa- 
tion in  Germany  is  that  artists  and  men  of  science  and 
of  letters  of  the  best  class  have  a  far  larger  public  in 
Germeuiy  to  appeal  to  than  anywhere  else  in  Europe. 

'Tt  is  Germany's  position  ringed  round  by  watchful, 
greedy  foes  that  has  made  Germany  great. 

"No  wonder  Germany  stands  victorious  as  the  first 
of  modem  states.  It  is  the  new-bom  faith  in  man — 
the  consciousness  of  man's  power  and  the  glory  of 
man's  achievement — that  has  made  Germany  great 
and  in  spite  of  all  odds  and  all  alliances,  will  continue 
her  in  victory. 

"The  stories  of  German  atrocities  grew 
with  the  German  successes  and  soon  became  wholly 
incredible.  Lies,  we  told  ourselves,  in  war  time  be- 
come as  plentiful  as  bullets.  We  have  Mr.  James 
Bennett  proving  that  Sir  A.  Conan  Doyle's 
account  of  German  'atrocities'  and  , 
German   'murders'   are   mostly    foul    im- 


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a  g  i  n  i  n  g  s  .  For  example,  he  shows  that  the 
stories  of  the  wrecking  of  Louvain,  are  wild 
exaggerations;  more  than  three-quarters  of  the  town 
standing  to-day  uninjured.  A  censorship  is 
needed  in  England  to  protect  English 
commercial  'graft'  and  the  Englisholigarchy. 

"The  American  war-correspondent,  Mr.  Emer- 
son, recently  informed  me  that  of  87  cablegrams  sent 
by  him  from  Berlin  in  the  early  months  of  the  war, 
to  New  York  papers,  83  were  suppressed  altogether 
by  the  English  censor,  and  of  the  four  allowed  to  go 
through,  one  was  so  altered  that  the  meaning  of  it  was 
entirely  changed. 

"There  is  no  such  thing  as  free  speech  possible  in 
Great  Britain/' 


The  latest  book  of  Israel  Zangwill,  the  well- 
known  English  writer,  "The  War  for  the  World"  (Mac- 
millan)  is  a  revelation  to  those  who  have  any  doubts  re- 
garding the  so-called  English  freedom.  He  informs  us  that 
the  Magna  Charta  (a  grant  of  individual  rights)  has  even 
been  annulled  recently  by  "The  Defense  of  the  Realm  Act" 
of  the  House  of  Commons.  He  says,  there  is  no 
personal  liberty  in  England,  no  liberty 
of  the  press  nor  commercial  liberty; 
e-ven  the  Habeas  Corpus  right  has 
been  taken  from  the  English  citizen, 
who  can  be  put  in  prison  and  con- 
victed   ^vithout    court    trial. 

If  Germany  loses  this  war  civilization  will  receive  a  tre- 
mendous setback. 

If  England  wins  this  war,  falsehoods  and  tyranny  will 
rule  the  world  hereafter. 


THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS  91 

Hereafter  let  us  not  say:    Conditions  are  as  bad  as 
in  Russia,  but  as  bad  as  in  England. 


Apropos — B  elgian  cruelty  is  proverbial.  The 
Belgians  are  known  to  blind  their  singing  birds, 
claiming  that  they  sing  better.  No  wonder  they  gouged 
out  the  eyes  of  German  soldiers. 


Great  Britain's  highest  seats  of  learning  are  Oxford 
and  Cambridge  Universities,  the 
standard  of  which  is  not  the  highest.  This  is  due  to  the 
fact  that  after  entering  the  colleges,  the  studies  of  Greek 
and  Latin  are  continued  for  about  a  year  and  a  half, 
which  studies  should  have  been  completed  before  entering 
the  universities,  as  is  the  case  in  Germany.  Considering 
that  a  course  at  these  universities  is  only  three  years, 
much  valuable  time  is  wasted  by  continuing  these  studies, 
and  attending  church  services  four  or  five  times  a 
week.  The  fact  that  athletic  sports  count  more  than 
scientific  results  (a  student  who  is  an  ath- 
lete is  favored  in  his  examina- 
tions) proves  that  the  standard  of 
these  universities  is  not  to  be  com- 
pared w  i  th   that  of  any  German   university. 


After  all,  if  one  compares  the  cultures  of  England  and 
Germany,  which  influence  is  preferable,  the  German  system 
— a  broad  straight-forward  and  intelligent  way,  with  great- 
est liberty  and  freedom  of  the  individual^-or  English 
tyranny  (both  on  land  and  sea),  narrow-minded  and 
barbarous  laws  and  unscrupulousness,  with  her  immoral 
weapons — the  lying  press  bureaus  (which  not  only  furnish 
the  American  people  with  English  falsehoods  and  misrepre- 


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sentations,  but  make  slanderous  attacks  on  the  individual, 
who  in  turn  has  no  protection),  Cecil  Rhodes  societies,  and 
others  of  similar  character  (both  secret  and  open)  ?  They 
dominate  the  very  pulse  and  life  of  the  American  people. 

After  all,  are  not  the  servile  conditions  enforced  by  Great 
Britain  on  the  United  States  responsible  for  the  restriction 
of  personal  rights  and  the  sad  fact  that  the  United  States  is 
in  many  respects  the  most  undemocratic  country  among  civil- 
ized nations  ? 

Everything  considered,  cannot  the  United  States  be  called 
a  country  of  chaos,  disorder,  fanaticism  and  misdirected 
liberty? 

We  are  living  in  critical  times  when  affairs  require  great 
skill  and  foresight  in  handling.  It  is  opportunities  that 
make  men,  and  arouse  them  to  enthusiasm.  These  are 
exceptional  times,  when  exceptional  care  should  be  taken  in 
electing  exceptional  presidents,  who  can  be  trusted  by  the 
American  people  like  they  could  trust  George  Wash- 
ington and  Abraham  Lincoln.  The  present 
times  demand  able  men  with  the  right  kind  of  patriotism 
and  cleanliness  of  character,  not  only  in  dealing  with  local 
affairs,  but  world  events  of  international  importance. 

If  my  criticisms  may  appear  too  severe,  it  is  because  con- 
ditions are  such,  that  they  invite  criticism  and  demand  op- 
posing and  rectifjring,  but  they  are  meant  for  the  general 
good  of  this  country.  If  ignored  (and  the  average  American 
is  indifferent  and  follows  our  leaders  blindly),  it  may  be  too 
late,  when  we  find  ourselves  misled,  deceived  and  regretful. 

I  owe  it  to  my  adopted  country  that  certain  truths  must 
be  told,  and  I  cannot  help  saying  them  regardless  of  what 
the  cost.  No  matter  how  much  criticism  I  may  receive,  I 
only  care  for  the  general  good,  which  I  hope  this  country 
will  derive  from  it  in  the  end. 


THE  BOOK  OF  TRUTH  AND  FACTS 93 

These  are  unusual  moments  and  time  to  act! 

Let  us  go  a  step  further  toward  Truth!  No  good  can  be 
accomplished  unless  America  takes  a  stand  as  George  Wash- 
ington did  against  Elngland,  the  country  that  tries  to  rule 
the  globe  in  a  way  that  is  a  disgrace  to  civilization. 


Has  Elngland  ever  done  anything  that  has  benefited  the 
United  States,  and  does  not  history  prove  that  England  has 
always  been  the  most  dangerous  enemy  of  the  United  States  ? 


Is  a  nation  as  immoral  as  Great 
Britain  fit  to  rule  the  world?  History 
proves  that  such  a  nation  must  decay 
sooner  or  later.  And  do  not  all  signs  point 
toward    a    downfall    of    England? 


John  Ruskin,  the  great  English  critic,  said  about  like 
this :  "Don't  let  us  worry  about  England ;  she  will  belong 
to  the  dead  nations  in  a  hundred  years  from  now." 


Germanism  (Teutonism)  stands  for  highest  ideals: 
straight-forwardness  in  character,  truth,  broad  and  deep 
thinking,  highest  morals  and  ethics,  highest  efficiency, 
highest  standard  of  culture.  It  is  the  apostle  of  true 
democracy  among  all  nations! 


Nothing  portrays  the  inner  strength  of  the  German  race 
better  than  the  so-called  ''furor  Teutonicus,'* 
which  comprises  German  enthusiasm,  German  devotion  and 
German  spirit. — It  is  that  overpowering  strength,  that  ir- 
resistible strength,  that  rejuvenated  strength  which  other 
nations  do  not  possess! 


Through     those     qualities     of     conscien 


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tiousness,  thoroughness,  labored  analysis 
and  deduction,  complete  success  in  Ger- 
manic operations  is  obtained. 

It  is  constant  and  conscientious  application  to  one  par- 
ticular thing  that  brings  highest  efficiency  or  perfection. 
Why  was  Rembrandt  so  great  as  a  portrait  painter? 
Because  he  painted  the  same  subject  (himself)  more  than 
two  hundred  times,  every  time  from  a  different  angle. 


Houston  Stewart  Chamberlain,  in  his 
extensive  work  entitled  "The  Foundation  of  the  Nineteenth 
Century"  (John  Lane  Co.,  New  York),  maintains 
that  since  the  days  of  the  old  Greeks 
and  Romans  no  really  great  achieve- 
ments of  the  white  race  have  been 
accomplished  that  could  not  be 
traced    back    to    German    origin. 


The  achievements  of  the  Germans  in  inventions  and 
discoveries,  and  their  development — in  scientific  research 
— philosophy  and  science — commerce  and  finance — ad- 
ministration and  legislation — in  peace  and  war,  during  the 
last  eighty  years  signify  the  greatest  progress  in  culture  ever 
made  by  any  nation  within  any  such  brief  space  of  time — 
and  this  is  the  period  that  has  elapsed  since  Goethe's 
time. 


FRITZ  VON  FRANTZIUS. 


Chicago,  October  20,  1914. 

Revised  and  republished  August,  1916. 


An  Appeal  to  the  Great  American  People. 


We  are  stiU  living  in  an  age  of  darkness,  ignorance  and 
doubt — of  fictions  and  gross  misrepresentations,  mainly  due 
to  the  falsehoods  and  hypocrisy  of  Great  Britain,  set  on 
foot  centuries  ago  in  order  to  deceive  the  whole  world  as 
to  the  real  conditions  of  life — a  disgrace  to  civilization. 

It  is  due  to  Martin  Luther  that  mankind  received  a  great 
uplift  from  his  doctrine  of  universal  education  and  civil 
liberty.  Much,  however,  remains  to  be  desired  and  ac- 
complished, and  civilization  is  still  greatly  handicapped  by 
evils  that  must  be  stamped  out. 

It  should  be  the  aim  of  the  nations 
to  free  themselves  from  the  tyranny 
of    falsehoods    and    misrepresentations. 

It  should  be  their  object  to  establish  '^Bureaus  of  Truth" 
in  opposition  to  the  Lying  Press  Bureaus,  mainly  those  of 
Great  Britain.  We  should  endeavor  to  establish  institutions 
of  resesurch  into  conditions  as  they  really  are — institutions  of 
comparative  philosophy  (truth)  and  philology  (teaching). 

Millions  of  money,  even  billions, 
are  given  away  for  the  establishment 
of  religious  institutions,  hospitals, 
libraries,  centers  for  scientific  re- 
search, etc.,  but  not  one  cent  is  given 
for  research  of  truth  that  would 
serve  the    interests  of  the  public. 

What  could  be  of  more  vital  importance  to  every  indi- 
vidual than  to  know  the  truth  in  regard  to  conditions  and  to 
be  confronted  with  real  facts,  so  that  people  might  strive 
for  better  conditions — for  freedom  along  all  lines? 

What  could  be  grander  than  being  in  touch  with  all  the 
great  things  on  earth  (good  or  bad  conditions  of  which  we 
know  very  little)  ?  Does  it  not  improve  the  morals  of  the 
individual  ? 


What  is  more  punf)ring  to  a  man's  character  and  what 
could  improve  general  conditions  to  a  larger  extent  than 
striving  for  everybody's  freedom  and  enlightenment? 

This  is  the  only  way  our  modern 
civilization  can  get  out  of  its  rut  — 
the  way  from  darkness  to  light 
through    the    knowledge    of    truth! 


Thanks  to  Elnglish  falsehoods,  an  era  of  truth  and  en- 
lightenment is  coming! 


All  the  Cecil  Rhodes  money  (suppose  it  be  a  billion 
dollars)  cannot  permanently  battle  against  truth — it  may  do 
so  part  of  the  time,  but  it  cannot  do  so  all  the  time. 


Special  funds  should  be  created  for  the  purpose  of  found- 
ing an  institution  which  would  have  the  function  of  serving 
the  American  public,  and  the  world  at  large,  with  truthful 
reports  and  matter-of-fact  conditions,  not  only  in  this  coun- 
try, but  throughout  the  world. 

A  citizen  could  build  no  greater  monument  to  himself  or 
his  country  than  by  donating  or  willing  funds  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  such  a  monument  of  truth  that  will  contribute 
toward  the  great  ideals  of  mankind,  and  will  benefit  not  only 
himself,  but  civilization  for  all  times  to  come. 

Let  this  be  the  greatest  event  in 
the  uplift  of  humanity  since  Martin 
Luther's    time! 

We  need  the  co-operation  of  all  truth-loving  people ! 

We  will  have  to  start  an  independent  press,  revise  school 
books,  historical  books  and  encyclopaedias,  and  create  an 
institution  for  the  research  of  Truth  with  branches  all 
over  the  world.  We  want  to  influence  legislation  to  reform 
press  laws. 

Cecil  Rhodes'  money  is  working  in  the  dark — ^we  need 
an  institution  to  work  in  the  light! 


THIS  BOOK  IS  DUE  ON  THE  LAST  DATE 
STAMPED  BELOW 

AN  INITIAL  FINE  OF  25  CENTS 

WILL  BE  ASSESSED    FOR   FAILURE  TO    RETURN 
THIS    BOOK   ON    THE   DATE   DUE.    THE   PENALTY 
WILL  INCREASE  TO  50  CENTS  ON  THE  FOURTH 
DAY    AND     TO     $1.00     ON     THE    SEVENTH     DAY 
OVERDUE. 

JUL  21  1937 

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